Summary
- Professional football player DeVonta Smith denies cheating during a recent Call of Duty: Warzone livestream.
- The accusations came after a compilation clip of Smith playing Warzone went viral due to his impressive accuracy and response time.
- Cheaters remain a huge issue in Call of Duty, which is likely why much of the community was suspicious of Smith.
DeVonta Smith, a professional football wide receiver for the Philidelphia Eagles, has responded to accusations that he was cheating during a recent Call of Duty: Warzone livestream. The 26-year-old recently celebrated the Philidelphia Eagles’ monumental win at the 2025 Super Bowl but has now been surrounded by controversy after a clip of the athlete playing Call of Duty: Warzone went viral on social media for all the wrong reasons.
While there’s no denying that Smith is one of the most high-profile individuals to be accused of cheating in Call of Duty, it’s not surprising that the community is suspicious as the shooter’s uphill battle with hackers has plenty of players fed up. The recent release of Call of Duty Season 2 brought plenty of content to Black Ops 6 Multiplayer and Zombies, but Warzone fans were left disappointed as Activision was forced to push back much of the content originally planned for Season 2 to prioritize gameplay tuning, bug fixes, and general quality-of-life improvements. While the studio also promised upgrades to its anti-cheat systems, Warzone players on PC still encounter hackers and cheaters regularly.
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Superbowl Champion DeVonta Smith Responds To Warzone Cheating Accusations
While DeVonta Smith is best known for being a part of the Philadelphia Eagles, the professional football player also has an impressive 15,000 followers on Twitch where he occasionally streams Call of Duty: Warzone. However, a new compilation video of Smith playing Warzone recently made the rounds on Twitter, being viewed over 5 million times. The viral clip brought an influx of users accusing the Super Bowl winner of cheating in Call of Duty: Warzone due to his impressive accuracy, reflexes, and general enemy awareness. Shortly after the accusations came flooding in, Smith responded with a tweet saying, “Since y’all think I’m cheating on COD just join the stream tonight.”
Smith began his stream by joking with his teammates about the accusations. “They all on Twitter [saying] I’m hacking, man,” Smith said. After fellow fans took to Twitch chat to defend the footballer, he then said, “That’s what I’m saying, chat. I ain’t hacking…I can handle my own but I ain’t hacking, man.” Not much else was said on the matter, but the accusations seemed to have been a great way for Smith to get plenty of eyes on his livestream. And with general interest in Warzone and Call of Duty‘s player count continuing to decline on PC, any publicity for Call of Duty streamers is likely welcomed.
It isn’t just Warzone that is experiencing an influx of cheaters either, as Black Ops 6 players are currently experiencing similar issues in the game’s Ranked Play mode. While Activision has insisted that it is regularly tightening its security and banning thousands of cheaters, a new Black Ops 6 cheat tool recently left fans speechless after they realized that hackers now have the capability to kick them mid-match. Although PC users have been left to simply wait for further updates to the game’s anti-cheat systems, console players were recently treated to a new feature that allowed them to disable crossplay in Ranked Play, thus drastically lowering the chance of encountering cheaters.
First-Person Shooter
Battle Royale
- Released
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March 10, 2020
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Drugs, Violence