Alex Highsmith

Experience: 3 years

Height: 6-4

Age: 25

Weight: 242 lbs

College: Charlotte

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Recent Games

WK	OPP	RESULT	TKL	AST	COMBINED	SOLO	SCK	PDEF	FF
1	@Bengals	W 23 - 20	6	3	9	6	3	0	1
2	Patriots	L 14 - 17	2	1	3	2	0	0	0
3	@Browns	L 17 - 29	6	2	8	6	1.5	0	0
4	Jets	L 20 - 24	1	3	4	1	1	0	0
5	@Bills	L 3 - 38	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
6	Buccaneers	W 20 - 18	1	0	1	1	1	1	1
7	@Dolphins	L 10 - 16	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
8	@Eagles	L 13 - 35	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
10	Saints	W 20 - 10	3	2	5	2	2	0	1
11	Bengals	L 30 - 37	0	1	1	0	0.5	0	0
12	@Colts	W 24 - 17	4	2	6	4	1	0	1
13	@Falcons	W 19 - 16	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
14	Ravens	L 14 - 16	1	2	3	0	0	0	0
15	@Panthers	W 24 - 16	3	1	4	2	1	0	1
16	Raiders	W 13 - 10	1	0	1	1	1	0	0
17	@Ravens	W 16 - 13	0	3	3	0	0	0	0
18	Browns	W 28 - 14	6	2	8	6	2.5	0	0

SEASON	TEAM	G	GS	TKL	AST	COMBINED	SOLO	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TDS	FF	OPP FR
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	5	30	18	48	26	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	16	46	28	74	37	6	0						1
2022	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	17	38	25	63	35	14.5	1						5
TOTAL		49	38	114	71	185	98	22.5	2	1	2	2	2	0	6	0

PRO CAREER

Played in 32 games (21 starts) in his NFL career (Steelers 2020-21)
Has registered 116 tackles (72 solo), 20 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks, 21 quarterback hits, one interception and one pass defensed
Recorded six tackles (four solo) on special teams
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2020 (at N.Y. Giants)
Made NFL starting debut in Week 13 of 2020 (vs. Washington)

PRO CAREER

Played in 32 games (21 starts) in his NFL career (Steelers 2020-21)
Has registered 116 tackles (72 solo), 20 tackles for loss, 8.0 sacks, 21 quarterback hits, one interception and one pass defensed
Recorded six tackles (four solo) on special teams
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2020 (at N.Y. Giants)
Made NFL starting debut in Week 13 of 2020 (vs. Washington)

2021 (STEELERS)

Inactive due to a groin injury in Week 3 vs Cincinnati
Registered the first multi-sack game of his career with 1.5 takedowns of Geno Smith in Week 6 vs Seattle and repeated the feat in Week 11 at the Los Angeles Chargers
Recorded the first game of his career with double-digit tackles (11) in Week 10 vs Detroit
Left the Week 14 game at Minnesota with a hamstring injury and did not return
Recorded a career high 2.0 sacks in Week 17 vs Cleveland

2020 (STEELERS)

Registered 42 tackles, 26 solo stops, five tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, six quarterback hits, one interception and one pass defensed
Recorded six tackles, four solo, on special teams
Entered the starting lineup in Week 13 vs. Washington
Intercepted his first career pass in Week 8 at Baltimore

COLLEGE

Four-year letterwinner at Charlotte (2015-19)
Owns school records for sacks in a game (4.5), season (14.0) and career (20.0) and tackles for loss in a game (5.0) and season (21.5)
Ranks second in school history with 46.0 tackles for loss and fifth with 185 career tackles
2020 NFL Combine participant
Named to the 2020 NFL All-Combine Team as an edge rusher
2020 East-West Shrine Bowl
2019 Third Team All-America by both AP and Pro Football Focus
First 49er to earn all-America honors
2020 East-West Shrine Bowl
2018 and 2019 First Team All-Conference USA (coaches)
First 49er to be named first-team All-C-USA twice
2019 First Team All-C-USA by PFF and Phil Steele
Ranked fourth in the nation in sacks (14.0) and fifth in tackles for loss (21.5) in 2019
Named to PFF's 2019 All-Draft Stock Team for those players whose draft stock rose the most this season
Starting DE in 49ers' first-ever bowl game (2019 Bahamas Bowl)
2019 Team Captain
2019 Chuck Bednarik Award (Defensive Player of the Year) Watch List
2019 Burlsworth Trophy Semifinalist
2018 first-team all-C-USA by PFF and second team by Phil Steele
Joined the 49ers for the 2015 season as a walk-on
Earned scholarship during the summer of 2017
Graduated with a degree in exercise science

PERSONAL

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