Alex Highsmith stats

Steelers

Linebacker · #56

Age 29 · 6' 4" · 242 lbs

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Alex Highsmith recorded 18 tackles and 3.5 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
8
TOT
18
SOLO
8
AST
10
SACK · 13th
3.5
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2020PIT164830182.0110
2021PIT167446286.0001
2022PIT1763382514.5015
2023PIT175734237.0232
2024PIT114528176.0021
2025PIT135036149.5031
2026PIT8188103.5010

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
98
TOT
355
SOLO
220
AST
135
SACK
48.5
INT
3
PD
11
FF
10

Career Postseason

GP
5
TOT
11
SOLO
6
AST
5
SACK
3.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

GP
8
TOT
2.3
SOLO
1
AST
1.3
SACK
0.4
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2020PIT163.01.91.10.10.10.10.0
2021PIT164.62.91.80.40.00.00.1
2022PIT173.72.21.50.90.00.10.3
2023PIT173.42.01.40.40.10.20.1
2024PIT114.12.51.50.50.00.20.1
2025PIT133.82.81.10.70.00.20.1
2026PIT82.31.01.30.40.00.10.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
98
TOT
3.6
SOLO
2.2
AST
1.4
SACK
0.5
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
29 yearsAug 7, 1997
Height
6' 4"
Weight
242 lbs
Experience
7 yearsDebut 2020
Birthplace
Wilmington, NC
Draft
2020Rd 3, Pk 102
College
Charlotte
Salary
$14.5 million2026

Against other linebackers

2026 regular season, 196 NFL linebackers with 6+ games.

  • Sacks3.5

    Higher than 91% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Tackles18

    Higher than 43% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

  • Passes Defended1

    Higher than 52% of the other 195 NFL linebackers.

Latest performance

Alex Highsmith

Nov 01 · vs CLE · W 27-6

TOT
5
SOLO
1
AST
4
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

65% of his club's defensive snaps a game (332 in 8 games); 60% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1ATL4168%0
2NE3360%0
3CIN4172%0
4CLE4570%0
5IND5172%0
6TB4662%0
7NO3358%0
8CLE4260%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Alex Highsmith has been on the NFL’s game-status report 0 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202600Groin

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2020 NFL combine

DL, 6'3", 248 lb · Charlotte

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.70s84th
Vertical jump33"64th
Broad jump10' 5"94th
3-cone drill7.32s66th
20-yard shuttle4.31s85th

Percentile: the share of DLs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2020 combine

Games

All games

Next

at CINSun, Nov 15

vs CIN since 2020

10
GP
33
TOT
19
SOLO
4.5
SACK
1
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01vsCLEW 27-6510.50
Sun, Oct 25atNOW 16-102100
Sun, Oct 18atTBW 26-19 OT2100
Sun, Oct 11vsINDW 34-222000
Thu, Oct 01atCLEL 27-241100
Sun, Sep 27vsCINW 30-270000

What are Alex Highsmith's career stats?

Alex Highsmith has played 7 seasons for the Steelers. He has recorded 355 tackles, 48.5 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season so far is 2021: 74 tackles and 6.0 sacks.

Milestones within reach

  • 2 more sacks for 50 — 48.5 now, 9.5 in his best season of the last two
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Best single games

  • Tackles: 11 vs DET on Nov 14, 2021, T 16-16 OT
  • Sacks: 3 @ CIN on Sep 11, 2022, W 23-20 OT
Alex Highsmith's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202632.0
202582.0
202482.0
202382.0
202293.0
2021112.0
202091.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2020.

League leaderboards and awards

7 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2020 to 2026

Alex Highsmith finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

All-time career rank

  • 237th in sacks (48.5)

Among the 9,826 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Alex Highsmith college stats

Alex Highsmith played 4 seasons at Charlotte 49ers (2016 to 2019): 184 tackles, 20 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Alex Highsmith's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2016Charlotte 49ers16106010000
2017Charlotte 49ers332310020000
2018Charlotte 49ers603822132000
2019Charlotte 49ers7543323141000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Alex Highsmith's college game log.

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Playoff games

Alex Highsmith played 5 games across 5 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 5 lost.

Alex Highsmith's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025HOUL 30-610.00
2024BALL 28-1421.00
2023BUFL 31-1731.00
2021KCL 42-2131.00
2020CLEL 48-3720.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.