Dont'a Hightower

OLB · NE · 2012–2021

Born March 12, 1990 · College Alabama · Drafted 2012, round 1, pick 25 (NE) · 6-3, 260 lb

2nd-team All-Pro (2016) · Pro Bowl ×2 (2016, 2019)

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
2012	NE	14	60	4.0	9	10	0	3	0
2012 playoffs	NE	2	6	0.0	1	2	0	0	0
2013	NE	15	97	1.0	5	4	0	3	0
2013 playoffs	NE	2	16	0.0	0	1	1	1	0
2014	NE	12	89	6.0	13	9	0	2	1
2014 playoffs	NE	3	16	0.0	0	2	0	0	0
2015	NE	12	61	3.5	6	5	0	2	0
2015 playoffs	NE	2	12	0.0	1	1	0	2	0
2016	NE	13	65	2.5	8	1	0	2	1
2016 playoffs	NE	3	13	1.0	2	1	0	0	1
2017	NE	5	14	2.0	3	2	0	0	0
2018	NE	15	48	1.0	6	3	1	1	0
2018 playoffs	NE	3	6	2.0	4	3	0	1	0
2019	NE	15	71	5.5	13	8	0	4	0
2019 playoffs	NE	1	9	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2021	NE	15	64	1.5	4	1	0	1	0
2021 playoffs	NE	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	NE	116	569	27.0	67	43	1	18	2

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2016	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2019	Pro Bowl

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
2016	NE	13	–	–	703	83.2
2016 playoffs	NE	3	–	–	152	82.2
2017	NE	5	–	–	234	70.9
2018	NE	15	–	–	769	79.2
2018 playoffs	NE	3	–	–	169	93.9
2019	NE	15	–	–	714	77.9
2019 playoffs	NE	1	–	–	58	96.7
2021	NE	15	–	–	624	67.2
2021 playoffs	NE	1	–	–	45	84.9

Game logs

2021 game log (16 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs MIA	L 16–17	4	0.0	0
2	2021-09-19	@ NYJ	W 25–6	5	0.0	0
3	2021-09-26	vs NO	L 13–28	2	0.0	0
4	2021-10-03	vs TB	L 17–19	3	0.0	0
5	2021-10-10	@ HOU	W 25–22	5	0.0	0
6	2021-10-17	vs DAL	L 29–35 OT	4	0.0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ LAC	W 27–24	3	0.0	0
9	2021-11-07	@ CAR	W 24–6	2	0.0	0
10	2021-11-14	vs CLE	W 45–7	6	0.5	0
11	2021-11-18	@ ATL	W 25–0	7	0.0	0
12	2021-11-28	vs TEN	W 36–13	4	0.0	1
13	2021-12-06	@ BUF	W 14–10	7	0.0	0
15	2021-12-18	@ IND	L 17–27	4	0.0	0
16	2021-12-26	vs BUF	L 21–33	6	0.0	0
17	2022-01-02	vs JAX	W 50–10	2	1.0	0
P19	2022-01-15	@ BUF	L 17–47	3	0.0	0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-08	vs PIT	W 33–3	6	0.0	0
2	2019-09-15	@ MIA	W 43–0	3	0.0	0
3	2019-09-22	vs NYJ	W 30–14	3	0.5	0
5	2019-10-06	@ WAS	W 33–7	8	1.5	1
6	2019-10-10	vs NYG	W 35–14	3	0.0	0
7	2019-10-21	@ NYJ	W 33–0	1	0.0	1
8	2019-10-27	vs CLE	W 27–13	3	0.0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ BAL	L 20–37	13	0.0	0
11	2019-11-17	@ PHI	W 17–10	1	1.0	0
12	2019-11-24	vs DAL	W 13–9	6	0.0	1
13	2019-12-01	@ HOU	L 22–28	6	1.0	0
14	2019-12-08	vs KC	L 16–23	4	0.0	0
15	2019-12-15	@ CIN	W 34–13	3	0.0	0
16	2019-12-21	vs BUF	W 24–17	5	1.5	1
17	2019-12-29	vs MIA	L 24–27	6	0.0	0
P18	2020-01-04	vs TEN	L 13–20	9	0.0	0

2018 game log (18 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs HOU	W 27–20	2	0.0	0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ JAX	L 20–31	4	0.0	0	0
3	2018-09-23	@ DET	L 10–26	5	0.0	0	0
4	2018-09-30	vs MIA	W 38–7	2	0.0	0	0
5	2018-10-04	vs IND	W 38–24	5	0.0	0	0
6	2018-10-14	vs KC	W 43–40	2	0.0	1	1
7	2018-10-21	@ CHI	W 38–31	4	0.0	0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs GB	W 31–17	4	0.0	0	0
10	2018-11-11	@ TEN	L 10–34	4	0.0	0	0
12	2018-11-25	@ NYJ	W 27–13	1	0.0	0	0
13	2018-12-02	vs MIN	W 24–10	5	0.0	0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ MIA	L 33–34	2	1.0	0	0
15	2018-12-16	@ PIT	L 10–17	3	0.0	0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs BUF	W 24–12	2	0.0	0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs NYJ	W 38–3	3	0.0	0	0
P19	2019-01-13	vs LAC	W 41–28	2	0.0	0	0
P20	2019-01-20	@ KC	W 37–31 OT	2	0.0	0	0
P21	2019-02-03	@ LA	W 13–3	2	2.0	0	1

2017 game log (5 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2017-09-07	vs KC	L 27–42	2	0.0
4	2017-10-01	vs CAR	L 30–33	2	1.0
5	2017-10-05	@ TB	W 19–14	2	0.0
6	2017-10-15	@ NYJ	W 24–17	7	1.0
7	2017-10-22	vs ATL	W 23–7	1	0.0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-11	@ ARI	W 23–21	1	0.0	0
4	2016-10-02	vs BUF	L 0–16	8	0.0	1
5	2016-10-09	@ CLE	W 33–13	1	0.0	0
6	2016-10-16	vs CIN	W 35–17	13	1.5	0
7	2016-10-23	@ PIT	W 27–16	4	0.0	0
8	2016-10-30	@ BUF	W 41–25	6	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs SEA	L 24–31	10	0.0	1
11	2016-11-20	@ SF	W 30–17	6	1.0	0
12	2016-11-27	@ NYJ	W 22–17	3	0.0	0
13	2016-12-04	vs LA	W 26–10	2	0.0	0
14	2016-12-12	vs BAL	W 30–23	7	0.0	0
15	2016-12-18	@ DEN	W 16–3	3	0.0	0
17	2017-01-01	@ MIA	W 35–14	1	0.0	0
P19	2017-01-14	vs HOU	W 34–16	8	0.0	0
P20	2017-01-22	vs PIT	W 36–17	3	0.0	0
P21	2017-02-05	@ ATL	W 34–28 OT	2	1.0	0

2015 game log (14 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-10	vs PIT	W 28–21	8	1.0	0
2	2015-09-20	@ BUF	W 40–32	12	0.5	0
3	2015-09-27	vs JAX	W 51–17	1	0.0	0
5	2015-10-11	@ DAL	W 30–6	4	1.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs NYJ	W 30–23	10	0.0	0
8	2015-10-29	vs MIA	W 36–7	3	1.0	1
9	2015-11-08	vs WAS	W 27–10	1	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ NYG	W 27–26	9	0.0	0
11	2015-11-23	vs BUF	W 20–13	4	0.0	0
12	2015-11-29	@ DEN	L 24–30 OT	3	0.0	0
15	2015-12-20	vs TEN	W 33–16	1	0.0	1
16	2015-12-27	@ NYJ	L 20–26 OT	5	0.0	0
P19	2016-01-16	vs KC	W 27–20	6	0.0	1
P20	2016-01-24	@ DEN	L 18–20	6	0.0	1

2014 game log (15 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2014-09-07	@ MIA	L 20–33	1	0.0	0
2	2014-09-14	@ MIN	W 30–7	8	2.0	1
3	2014-09-21	vs LV	W 16–9	7	0.0	0
4	2014-09-29	@ KC	L 14–41	4	0.0	0
7	2014-10-16	vs NYJ	W 27–25	13	1.0	0
8	2014-10-26	vs CHI	W 51–23	10	0.5	0
9	2014-11-02	vs DEN	W 43–21	6	0.0	0
11	2014-11-16	@ IND	W 42–20	5	0.0	1
12	2014-11-23	vs DET	W 34–9	8	0.0	0
13	2014-11-30	@ GB	L 21–26	10	1.0	0
15	2014-12-14	vs MIA	W 41–13	8	0.5	0
16	2014-12-21	@ NYJ	W 17–16	9	1.0	0
P19	2015-01-10	vs BAL	W 35–31	8	0.0	0
P20	2015-01-18	vs IND	W 45–7	3	0.0	0
P21	2015-02-01	@ SEA	W 28–24	5	0.0	0

2013 game log (17 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2013-09-08	@ BUF	W 23–21	4	0.0	0	0
2	2013-09-12	vs NYJ	W 13–10	8	0.0	0	0
3	2013-09-22	vs TB	W 23–3	3	0.0	0	0
4	2013-09-29	@ ATL	W 30–23	9	0.0	0	0
5	2013-10-06	@ CIN	L 6–13	2	0.0	0	0
7	2013-10-20	@ NYJ	L 27–30 OT	11	0.0	0	0
8	2013-10-27	vs MIA	W 27–17	10	1.0	0	0
9	2013-11-03	vs PIT	W 55–31	4	0.0	0	1
11	2013-11-18	@ CAR	L 20–24	4	0.0	0	0
12	2013-11-24	vs DEN	W 34–31 OT	3	0.0	0	0
13	2013-12-01	@ HOU	W 34–31	7	0.0	0	1
14	2013-12-08	vs CLE	W 27–26	11	0.0	0	0
15	2013-12-15	@ MIA	L 20–24	9	0.0	0	0
16	2013-12-22	@ BAL	W 41–7	6	0.0	0	1
17	2013-12-29	vs BUF	W 34–20	6	0.0	0	0
P19	2014-01-11	vs IND	W 43–22	8	0.0	1	1
P20	2014-01-19	@ DEN	L 16–26	8	0.0	0	0

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2012-09-09	@ TEN	W 34–13	5	0.0	0
2	2012-09-16	vs ARI	L 18–20	5	0.0	0
3	2012-09-23	@ BAL	L 30–31	5	0.0	0
4	2012-09-30	@ BUF	W 52–28	2	1.0	0
7	2012-10-21	vs NYJ	W 29–26 OT	7	1.0	0
8	2012-10-28	@ LA	W 45–7	1	0.0	0
10	2012-11-11	vs BUF	W 37–31	4	0.0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs IND	W 59–24	2	0.0	1
12	2012-11-22	@ NYJ	W 49–19	4	1.0	0
13	2012-12-02	@ MIA	W 23–16	2	0.0	0
14	2012-12-10	vs HOU	W 42–14	6	0.0	0
15	2012-12-16	vs SF	L 34–41	8	0.0	1
16	2012-12-23	@ JAX	W 23–16	6	1.0	1
17	2012-12-30	vs MIA	W 28–0	3	0.0	0
P19	2013-01-13	vs HOU	W 41–28	3	0.0	0
P20	2013-01-20	vs BAL	L 13–28	3	0.0	0