Overview
- The Seattle Seahawks and Devon Witherspoon agreed to a four-year, $132 million extension on Saturday that averages $33 million per year and includes more than $101 million guaranteed.
- The deal makes Witherspoon the highest‑paid cornerback by total value and annual average, setting a new market benchmark teams and agents will now use in negotiations.
- Witherspoon had his fifth‑year option picked up earlier this offseason, and the extension comes after tense, protracted talks between Seahawks officials and his representation.
- Shared agency ties link this outcome to Christian Gonzalez’s stalled talks with the New England Patriots because both players are represented by WIN Sports Group and will seek comparable guarantees.
- This signing is the latest in a string of 2026 cornerback market resets — coming after contracts for Trent McDuffie and Denzel Ward — and it will shape how teams balance paying elite young defenders with broader roster and cap planning.