Alex Highsmith

LB · PIT · 2020–2026

Born August 7, 1997 · College Charlotte · Drafted 2020, round 3, pick 102 (PIT) · 6-4, 242 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2020	PIT	15	48	2.0	6	5	1	1	0
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	PIT	16	74	6.0	15	15	0	0	1
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	3	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
2022	PIT	17	63	14.5	20	12	0	1	5
2023	PIT	17	57	7.0	18	8	2	3	2
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	3	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
2024	PIT	11	45	6.0	13	9	0	2	1
2024 playoffs	PIT	1	2	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
2025	PIT	13	50	9.5	19	15	0	3	1
2025 playoffs	PIT	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2026	PIT	7	18	3.5	9	5	0	1	0
Career	PIT	96	355	48.5	100	69	3	11	10

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2020	PIT	16	–	–	435	42.6
2020 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	19	29.7
2021	PIT	16	–	–	843	75.9
2021 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	59	90.8
2022	PIT	17	–	–	924	88.5
2023	PIT	17	–	–	890	80.5
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	64	97.0
2024	PIT	11	–	–	521	75.0
2024 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	65	90.3
2025	PIT	13	–	–	621	71.6
2025 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	51	75.0

Game logs

2026 game log (7 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2026-09-13	vs ATL	W 20–13	3	2.0	0
2	2026-09-20	@ NE	L 3–20	3	1.0	1
4	2026-10-01	@ CLE	L 24–27	1	0.0	0
5	2026-10-11	vs IND	W 34–22	2	0.0	0
6	2026-10-18	@ TB	W 26–19 OT	2	0.0	0
7	2026-10-25	@ NO	W 16–10	2	0.0	0
8	2026-11-01	vs CLE	W 27–6	5	0.5	0

2025 game log (14 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2025-09-07	@ NYJ	W 34–32	8	1.0	0
2	2025-09-14	vs SEA	L 17–31	1	0.0	0
6	2025-10-12	vs CLE	W 23–9	3	0.5	0
7	2025-10-16	@ CIN	L 31–33	3	0.0	0
8	2025-10-26	vs GB	L 25–35	3	0.0	0
9	2025-11-02	vs IND	W 27–20	4	2.0	1
10	2025-11-09	@ LAC	L 10–25	2	2.0	0
13	2025-11-30	vs BUF	L 7–26	6	0.0	0
14	2025-12-07	@ BAL	W 27–22	7	1.0	0
15	2025-12-15	vs MIA	W 28–15	2	0.0	1
16	2025-12-21	@ DET	W 29–24	6	0.0	0
17	2025-12-28	@ CLE	L 6–13	3	2.0	0
18	2026-01-04	vs BAL	W 26–24	2	1.0	1
P19	2026-01-12	vs HOU	L 6–30	1	0.0	1

2024 game log (12 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	@ ATL	W 18–10	6	0.0	1
2	2024-09-15	@ DEN	W 13–6	4	1.0	0
3	2024-09-22	vs LAC	W 20–10	1	0.0	0
7	2024-10-20	vs NYJ	W 37–15	4	0.0	0
8	2024-10-28	vs NYG	W 26–18	4	2.0	0
10	2024-11-10	@ WAS	W 28–27	0	0.0	0
14	2024-12-08	vs CLE	W 27–14	3	1.0	0
15	2024-12-15	@ PHI	L 13–27	8	1.0	0
16	2024-12-21	@ BAL	L 17–34	4	1.0	0
17	2024-12-25	vs KC	L 10–29	4	0.0	1
18	2025-01-04	vs CIN	L 17–19	7	0.0	0
P19	2025-01-11	@ BAL	L 14–28	2	1.0	0

2023 game log (18 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2023-09-10	vs SF	L 7–30	7	0.0	0	0
2	2023-09-18	vs CLE	W 26–22	7	1.0	1	1
3	2023-09-24	@ LV	W 23–18	0	0.0	0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ HOU	L 6–30	3	0.0	0	0
5	2023-10-08	vs BAL	W 17–10	2	1.0	0	0
7	2023-10-22	@ LA	W 24–17	2	0.0	0	0
8	2023-10-29	vs JAX	L 10–20	4	0.5	0	0
9	2023-11-02	vs TEN	W 20–16	4	2.0	0	0
10	2023-11-12	vs GB	W 23–19	3	0.0	0	1
11	2023-11-19	@ CLE	L 10–13	6	0.0	0	0
12	2023-11-26	@ CIN	W 16–10	1	0.0	0	0
13	2023-12-03	vs ARI	L 10–24	8	1.5	0	0
14	2023-12-07	vs NE	L 18–21	2	0.0	0	0
15	2023-12-16	@ IND	L 13–30	4	0.0	0	0
16	2023-12-23	vs CIN	W 34–11	1	1.0	1	1
17	2023-12-31	@ SEA	W 30–23	0	0.0	0	0
18	2024-01-06	@ BAL	W 17–10	3	0.0	0	0
P19	2024-01-15	@ BUF	L 17–31	3	1.0	0	0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ CIN	W 23–20 OT	9	3.0	0
2	2022-09-18	vs NE	L 14–17	3	0.0	0
3	2022-09-22	@ CLE	L 17–29	8	1.5	0
4	2022-10-02	vs NYJ	L 20–24	4	1.0	0
5	2022-10-09	@ BUF	L 3–38	1	0.0	0
6	2022-10-16	vs TB	W 20–18	1	1.0	1
7	2022-10-23	@ MIA	L 10–16	1	0.0	0
8	2022-10-30	@ PHI	L 13–35	4	0.0	0
10	2022-11-13	vs NO	W 20–10	5	2.0	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CIN	L 30–37	1	0.5	0
12	2022-11-28	@ IND	W 24–17	6	1.0	0
13	2022-12-04	@ ATL	W 19–16	1	0.0	0
14	2022-12-11	vs BAL	L 14–16	3	0.0	0
15	2022-12-18	@ CAR	W 24–16	4	1.0	0
16	2022-12-24	vs LV	W 13–10	1	1.0	0
17	2023-01-01	@ BAL	W 16–13	3	0.0	0
18	2023-01-08	vs CLE	W 28–14	8	2.5	0

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2021-09-12	@ BUF	W 23–16	4	0.0
2	2021-09-19	vs LV	L 17–26	4	0.0
4	2021-10-03	@ GB	L 17–27	5	0.0
5	2021-10-10	vs DEN	W 27–19	1	0.0
6	2021-10-17	vs SEA	W 23–20 OT	7	1.5
8	2021-10-31	@ CLE	W 15–10	4	0.0
9	2021-11-08	vs CHI	W 29–27	3	0.0
10	2021-11-14	vs DET	T 16–16 OT	11	0.0
11	2021-11-21	@ LAC	L 37–41	6	1.5
12	2021-11-28	@ CIN	L 10–41	5	0.0
13	2021-12-05	vs BAL	W 20–19	3	0.0
14	2021-12-09	@ MIN	L 28–36	1	0.0
15	2021-12-19	vs TEN	W 19–13	4	0.0
16	2021-12-26	@ KC	L 10–36	5	1.0
17	2022-01-03	vs CLE	W 26–14	7	2.0
18	2022-01-09	@ BAL	W 16–13 OT	4	0.0
P19	2022-01-16	@ KC	L 21–42	3	1.0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2020-09-14	@ NYG	W 26–16	1	0.0	0	0
3	2020-09-27	vs HOU	W 28–21	1	0.0	0	0
5	2020-10-11	vs PHI	W 38–29	1	0.0	0	0
6	2020-10-18	vs CLE	W 38–7	3	0.0	0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ TEN	W 27–24	4	0.0	0	0
8	2020-11-01	@ BAL	W 28–24	2	0.0	1	1
9	2020-11-08	@ DAL	W 24–19	3	1.0	0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs CIN	W 36–10	1	0.0	0	0
11	2020-11-22	@ JAX	W 27–3	2	0.0	0	0
12	2020-12-02	vs BAL	W 19–14	2	0.0	0	0
13	2020-12-07	vs WAS	L 17–23	5	0.0	0	0
14	2020-12-13	@ BUF	L 15–26	1	0.0	0	0
15	2020-12-21	@ CIN	L 17–27	5	0.0	0	0
16	2020-12-27	vs IND	W 28–24	8	0.0	0	0
17	2021-01-03	@ CLE	L 22–24	9	1.0	0	0
P18	2021-01-10	vs CLE	L 37–48	2	0.0	0	0