Alex Highsmith
LB
#56
Experience: 7 years
Height: 6-4
Age: 29
Weight: 242 lbs
College: Charlotte
2025 SEASON
- Solo36
- SCK9.5
- FF1
- INT--
Preseason
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 08/21/2025 | @Panthers | W 19 - 10 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 08/16/2025 | Buccaneers | L 14 - 17 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 08/09/2025 | @Jaguars | W 31 - 25 |
Regular Season
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 01/04/2026 | Ravens | W 26 - 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | 12/28/2025 | @Browns | L 6 - 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | 12/21/2025 | @Lions | W 29 - 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | 12/15/2025 | Dolphins | W 28 - 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | 12/07/2025 | @Ravens | W 27 - 22 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | 11/30/2025 | Bills | L 7 - 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | 11/23/2025 | @Bears | L 28 - 31 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 11/16/2025 | Bengals | W 34 - 12 | |||||||||||||
| 10 | 11/09/2025 | @Chargers | L 10 - 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | 11/02/2025 | Colts | W 27 - 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | 10/26/2025 | Packers | L 25 - 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 7 | 10/16/2025 | @Bengals | L 31 - 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 | 10/12/2025 | Browns | W 23 - 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | 09/28/2025 | Vikings | W 24 - 21 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 09/21/2025 | @Patriots | W 21 - 14 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 09/14/2025 | Seahawks | L 17 - 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 09/07/2025 | @Jets | W 34 - 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Post Season
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 01/12/2026 | Texans | L 6 - 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Biography
PRO CAREER
- Has played in 90 games (79 starts) in his six-year NFL career (Pittsburgh 2020-25)
- Has registered 331 tackles (208 solo), 64 tackles for loss, 45.0 sacks, 91 quarterback hits, three interceptions, 10 passes defensed, 10 forced fumbles and one interception return for TD
- Has recorded six tackles (four solo) on special teams
- His 14.5 sacks in 2022 are tied for the sixth-most in single-season franchise history
- Has registered at least two QB hits and two TFL in 13 career games, which is tied for the seventh-most in the NFL since the start of the 2021 season
- His nine forced fumbles are tied for the eighth-most in the NFL since the start of the 2022 season
- One of just six players in the League with at least 7.0 sacks and two interceptions in a season since entering the NFL in 2020
- His eight strip sacks are tied for the fifth-most in the NFL since the start of the 2022 season
- 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
- Only player in the NFL in 2023 with at least 7.0 sacks and two interceptions
- Has recorded nine 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)