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• Witherspoon fifth overall pick by Seattle, becomes highest drafted DB in Illini history

  Apr 28, 2023 9:30 am by Division of Intercollegiate AthleticsAthletics
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  Witherspoon joins an elite group of Illini to be drafted in the top 5. Only Jeff George (No. 1, 1990), Kevin Hardy (No. 2, 1996), Simeon Rice (No. 3, 1996), Dick Butkus (No. 3, 1965), and Joe Rutgens (No. 3, 1961) were selected higher.

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