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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
    16
  • SCK
    6
  • FF
    1
  • INT
    --
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Defense

Field Position

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line 7 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line 8 13 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 5 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Game Halves

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Half 8 18 10 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last Two Minutes of Half 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Half 7 11 6 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Home vs Road

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Home Games 4 10 6 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road Games 5 19 10 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Margin of Victory

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Margin 0-7 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 15+ 1 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 8-14 4 11 5 6 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Point Differential

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Ahead 6 8 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 1-8 Points 6 8 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 9-16 Points 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind 5 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 1-8 Points 5 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 9-16 Points 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tied 9 11 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Quarters

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Quarter 7 11 5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter 6 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter within 7 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Quarter 6 7 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3rd Quarter 4 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stadium Surfaces

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Turf 9 29 16 13 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 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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