Veteran cornerback is wearing his dad’s old number from college, playing for dad’s favorite team as a kid
THOUSAND OAKS — Shortly after signing with the Rams in late June, cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon announced to his father, Lucky, the jersey number he would wear for the coming season.
Witherspoon waited through most of the off-season to make a decision on his home for the 2023 season. A six-year veteran, he could afford to be patient in hopes that the right situation for him to be a contributor would present itself. Lucky grew up in Inglewood, near Crenshaw Blvd. and W 67th St. He played at Edward Vincent Jr. Park, and his grandmother is buried across the street at Inglewood Park Cemetery.
He played a couple of years of Pop Warner football, but was so undersized as a 4-foot-11 freshman that he did not hit the gridiron his first year of high school. He played some running back and receiver as a sophomore, but didn’t go out for the team in 11th grade. “I just fell in love with. I felt like it was the best of everything I had done in other sports. Just like the challenge of baseball, the defensive nature of soccer and just basketball just checking people and obviously all the athletic intangibles as well,” Witherspoon said. “It’s a super difficult position. I’m just in the business of difficult, it’s the way I’m built. I get bored easily with easy stuff. It’s just the way my brain is wired.
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