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Alex Highsmith

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#56

Experience: 5 years

Height: 6-4

Age: 27

Weight: 242 lbs

College: Charlotte

2024 SEASON

  • Solo
    19
  • SCK
    6
  • FF
    1
  • INT
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WK OPP RESULT TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
13 @Bengals W 44 - 38
14 Browns W 27 - 14 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
15 @Eagles L 13 - 27 6 2 8 5 1 0 0 0
16 @Ravens L 17 - 34 2 2 4 2 1 0 0 1
17 Chiefs L 10 - 29 3 1 4 3 0 0 1 0
1 @Falcons W 18 - 10 1 5 6 0 0 0 1 0
2 @Broncos W 13 - 6 4 0 4 3 1 0 0 0
3 Chargers W 20 - 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 @Colts L 24 - 27
5 Cowboys L 17 - 20
6 @Raiders W 32 - 13
7 Jets W 37 - 15 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0
8 Giants W 26 - 18 4 0 4 3 2 0 0 0
10 @Commanders W 28 - 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ravens W 18 - 16
12 @Browns L 19 - 24

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON TEAM G GS TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
2020 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 5 30 18 48 26 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0
2021 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 16 46 28 74 37 6 0 0 1
2022 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 17 38 25 63 35 14.5 0 1 5
2023 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 17 34 23 57 28 7 0 3 2 30 15 30 1 2
2024 Pittsburgh Steelers 10 10 24 14 38 19 6 0 2 1
TOTAL 76 65 172 108 280 145 35.5 0 7 3 32 10.7 30 1 9 0

Biography

PRO CAREER

  • Has played in 66 games (55 starts) in his four-year NFL career (Pittsburgh 2020-23)
  • Has registered 236 tackles (144 solo), 40 tackles for loss, 29.5 sacks, 59 quarterback hits, three interceptions, five passes defensed, eight forced fumbles and one interception return for TD
  • Has recorded six tackles (four solo) on special teams
  • His interception return for TD in Week 2 of 2023 vs. Cleveland came nine seconds into the game, which was the fastest TD to open a game for the Steelers since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger
  • First Steelers player to record an interception on the first play from scrimmage in a game since William Gay in 2014
  • In Pittsburgh's victory over Cleveland in Week 2 of 2023, Highsmith and T.J. Watt both recorded a sack and defensive TD -- becoming the first pair of teammates to each post a sack and TD in the same game since 1982, when the sack became an official statistic
  • Since 2020, only one team has had three players with at least 26.5 sacks, 59 quarterback hits and 40 tackles for loss (Pittsburgh's T.J. Watt, Cameron Heyward and Alex Highsmith)
  • Only player in the NFL in 2023 with at least 7.0 sacks and two interceptions
  • One of just three players in the League with at least 7.0 sacks and two interceptions in a season since entering the NFL in 2020
  • His 21.5 sacks are the 12th-most in the NFL since the start of the 2022 season
  • His seven forced fumbles are tied for the second-most in the NFL since the start of the 2022 season
  • His six strip sacks are tied for the second-most in the NFL since the start of the 2022 season
  • Has recorded 24.5 sacks in his last 37 games, dating back to Week 16 of the 2021 season, which is the 12th-most in the NFL over the span
  • Has recorded seven strip sacks in his last 37 games, dating back to Week 16 of the 2021 season, which is the second-most in the NFL over the span
  • Has registered eight forced fumbles in his last 37 games, dating back to Week 16 of the 2021 season, which is the second-most in the NFL over the span
  • Has recorded seven multi-sack games in his career
  • Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2020 (at N.Y. Giants)
  • Made NFL starting debut in Week 13 of 2020 (vs. Washington)
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