T.J. Watt

LB

#90

Experience: 6 years

Height: 6-4

Age: 27

Weight: 252 lbs

College: Wisconsin

2021 SEASON

Solo
42
SCK
22.5
FF
5
INT

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Recent Games

WK	OPP	RESULT	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	FF	OPP FR
17	Browns	W 26 - 14	5	5	0	4	0	2	0
18	@Ravens	W 16 - 13	5	3	2	1	0	1	1
16	@Chiefs	L 10 - 36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Titans	W 19 - 13	5	4	1	1.5	0	0	0	1
13	Ravens	W 20 - 19	6	5	1	3.5	0	0	1
14	@Vikings	L 28 - 36	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
11	@Chargers	L 37 - 41
12	@Bengals	L 10 - 41	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
10	Lions	T 16 - 16	5	3	2	1	0	0	0
9	Bears	W 29 - 27	7	4	3	3	0	1	0
8	@Browns	W 15 - 10	6	4	2	1.5	0	0	0	1
6	Seahawks	W 23 - 20	7	4	1	2	0	3	1
5	Broncos	W 27 - 19	3	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	@Packers	L 17 - 27	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1
3	Bengals	L 10 - 24
2	Raiders	L 17 - 26	4	3	1	1	0	0	1
1	@Bills	W 23 - 16	3	2	0	2	0	0	1

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON	TEAM	G	GS	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TDS	FF	OPP FR
2017	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	15	54	38	14	7	7	1	17	17	17	0	1
2018	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	16	68	45	18	13	3						6
2019	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	16	55	32	20	14.5	8	2	7	3.5	7	0	8	4
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	15	53	37	10	15	7	1	0	0	0	0	2
2021	Pittsburgh Steelers	15	15	64	42	16	22.5	7						5	3
TOTAL		77	77	294	194	78	72	32	4	24	6	17	0	22	7

Biography

PRO CAREER

2021 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year
Four-time Pro Bowler (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Three-time Associated Press First Team All-Pro (2019, 2020, 2021)
Three-time Pittsburgh Steelers MVP (2019, 2020, 2021)
Two-time Deacon Jones Award winner (2020, 2021)
First defensive player to earn Steelers' Most Valuable Player in back-to-back years (2019, 2020) since James Harrison (2007-08)
Two-time The Committee of 101 AFC Defensive Player of the Year (2020, 2021)
Joined Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (four) and Derrick Thomas (three) as the only players to record at least 13 sacks in three of their first four seasons since 1982, when the individual sack became an official NFL statistic
Only active player in the NFL with at least 13.0 sacks in each of the last four seasons
First player in franchise history with 14.0 or more sacks in multiple seasons
Fourteenth player in NFL history with at least 14.5 sacks in back-to-back seasons, and just the sixth since 1993
Played in 73 games (73 starts) over his five-year NFL career (all with the Steelers)
Registered 276 tackles, (202 solo), 138 quarterback hits, 75 tackles for loss, 65.5 sacks, 29 passes defensed, 21 forced fumbles, four interceptions and six fumble recoveries
Leads the NFL in forced fumbles (21) since entering the NFL in 2017
Reached 50+ sacks in his 63rd career game, which ties with Bruce Smith for 10th-fastest in the NFL since 1982
His 65.5 sacks rank fifth in franchise history
His 65.5 sacks rank first among all defensive players since entering the NFL in 2017
Ninth linebacker with at least 20.0 sacks in a player's first two seasons (since sacks became official in 1982)
Associated Press Second Team All-Pro (2020)
AFC Defensive Player of the Month (November 2019)
Sporting News All-Pro, PFWA All-NFL Team and PFWA All-AFC Team (2019)
AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Weeks 1 and 5 of 2018, Week 2 of 2020, and Week 6 of 2021)
First Steelers player with back-to-back seasons of at least 10 sacks since James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley (2008-10)
Recorded at least 1.5 sacks in 16 career games
Registered at least 2.0 sacks in 13 career games
Registered at least 3.0 sacks in four career games
Recorded 44.5 sacks in first 38 career games at Heinz Field
Tied with James Harrison for most sacks (16.0) in a single season in franchise history

PRO CAREER

2021 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year
Four-time Pro Bowler (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Three-time Associated Press First Team All-Pro (2019, 2020, 2021)
Three-time Pittsburgh Steelers MVP (2019, 2020, 2021)
Two-time Deacon Jones Award winner (2020, 2021)
First defensive player to earn Steelers' Most Valuable Player in back-to-back years (2019, 2020) since James Harrison (2007-08)
Two-time The Committee of 101 AFC Defensive Player of the Year (2020, 2021)
Joined Pro Football Hall of Famers Reggie White (four) and Derrick Thomas (three) as the only players to record at least 13 sacks in three of their first four seasons since 1982, when the individual sack became an official NFL statistic
Only active player in the NFL with at least 13.0 sacks in each of the last four seasons
First player in franchise history with 14.0 or more sacks in multiple seasons
Fourteenth player in NFL history with at least 14.5 sacks in back-to-back seasons, and just the sixth since 1993
Played in 73 games (73 starts) over his five-year NFL career (all with the Steelers)
Registered 276 tackles, (202 solo), 138 quarterback hits, 75 tackles for loss, 65.5 sacks, 29 passes defensed, 21 forced fumbles, four interceptions and six fumble recoveries
Leads the NFL in forced fumbles (21) since entering the NFL in 2017
Reached 50+ sacks in his 63rd career game, which ties with Bruce Smith for 10th-fastest in the NFL since 1982
His 65.5 sacks rank fifth in franchise history
His 65.5 sacks rank first among all defensive players since entering the NFL in 2017
Ninth linebacker with at least 20.0 sacks in a player's first two seasons (since sacks became official in 1982)
Associated Press Second Team All-Pro (2020)
AFC Defensive Player of the Month (November 2019)
Sporting News All-Pro, PFWA All-NFL Team and PFWA All-AFC Team (2019)
AFC Defensive Player of the Week (Weeks 1 and 5 of 2018, Week 2 of 2020, and Week 6 of 2021)
First Steelers player with back-to-back seasons of at least 10 sacks since James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley (2008-10)
Recorded at least 1.5 sacks in 16 career games
Registered at least 2.0 sacks in 13 career games
Registered at least 3.0 sacks in four career games
Recorded 44.5 sacks in first 38 career games at Heinz Field
Tied with James Harrison for most sacks (16.0) in a single season in franchise history

2021 (STEELERS)

Reached 50+ sacks in his 63rd career game, which ties with Bruce Smith for 10th-fastest in the NFL since 1982
Left the Week 2 game vs Las Vegas with a groin injury and did not return - was ruled out the following week vs Cincinnati
Has registered multiple sacks in five games so far this season, sacking both Buffalo QB Josh Allen and Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers twice in Weeks 1 and 4 respectively, QB Baker Mayfield 1.5 times in Week 8, QB Justin Fields three times in Week 9, and QB Lamar Jackson 3.5 times in Week 13
Recorded a season-high 3.5 sacks in Week 13 vs Baltimore
Left the Week 10 game vs Detroit with a hip injury and did not return
Inactive in Week 11 at L.A. Chargers due to hip and knee injuries
Left the Week 15 game at Minnesota with a groin injury and did not return

2020 (STEELERS)

Named a defensive captain for the first time
Started all 15 games he played in during the regular season and one playoff game
Recorded 15.0 sacks, 23 tackles for loss and 41 quarterback hits -- third player since at least 2006 to record at least 15.0 sacks, 23 tackles for loss and 40 quarterback hits in a season (J.J. Watt; 2012, 2014, 2015 and Aaron Donald; 2018)
In addition to his 15.0 sacks, 23 tackles for loss and 41 quarterback hits, which all led the NFL, had seven passes defended, two forced fumbles and one interception
Seventh player to lead the NFL in sacks, tackles for loss and quarterback hits in the same season since 2006
His 15.0 sacks, which are a single-season high for him, led the NFL
His 15.0 sacks ranked tied for second in single-season franchise history
Eleventh player to register at least 15.0 sacks and 23 tackles for loss in a single season since 1999
His 41 quarterback hits ranked tied for fifth since the NFL started recognizing the statistic in 2006

2019 (STEELERS)

Started all 16 games
Ranked first or second on the Steelers in sacks (14.5, 1st), tackles for loss (14, 2nd), quarterback hits (36, 1st), forced fumbles (8, 1st) and fumble recoveries (4, t-1st)
Ranked in the top-five in the NFL in sacks (t-4th), quarterback hits (3rd), forced fumbles (t-1st) and fumble recoveries (t-2nd)
His 14.5 sacks ranked third in single-season franchise history
First Steelers player with at least a half sack in nine consecutive games since LaMarr Woodley had a streak of 10 such games (franchise record) that spanned the 2009 and 2010 seasons
His streak of nine straight games with at least a half sack, which was the longest active streak in the League at the time, came to an end in the 2019 Week 14 victory at Arizona
His nine-game streak was tied for the fifth-longest in NFL single season history
First Steelers player with back-to-back seasons of at least 10 sacks since James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley (2008-10)
Nearly became the first player in the NFL to rank in the top-five in sacks, tackles for loss, quarterback hits, forced fumbles and fumble recoveries in a season since Houston Texans' J.J. Watt in 2014
Only NFL player since 2008 to have at least 14 sacks, 14 tackles for loss, 36 quarterback hits, 8 forced fumbles and 4 fumble recoveries in a season
His 14 combined interceptions (2), forced fumbles (8) and fumble recoveries (4) are the most by an NFL player since Chicago Bears' Charles Tillman in 2012 (15)
His 14 combined interceptions (2), forced fumbles (8) and fumble recoveries (4) were tied for the second-most by an NFL player since 2000
His 6 total takeaways (interceptions and fumble recoveries) ranked tied for fourth in the NFL
Only NFL player since 1990 to register at least 2 interceptions, 4 fumble recoveries and 8 forced fumbles in a single season

2018 (STEELERS)

Started all 16 games
His 13.0 sacks ranked tied for the seventh-most by a Steeler in a single-season since the stat became official in 1982 (Chad Brown, 1996)
Set a single-season career-high with 13.0 sacks – becoming the first Steelers' linebacker with 10 or more sacks in a season since 2010 (James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley) and tied for the ninth-most by a Steeler in a single-season since the stat became official in 1982
First Steelers linebacker since 2013-14 (Jason Worilds) to record back-to-back seasons with at least 7.0 sacks
Tallied 6.0 sacks through the first five weeks of the season, becoming the first Steeler with at least 6.0 sacks through the first five games of a season since 2009 (James Harrison, 6.0)
His six defensive forced fumbles tied as the second-most by a Steeler in a single season since 1994 (James Harrison, 2008: 7)
Named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his Week 1 performance at Cleveland
Totaled single-game career highs in tackles (10 total / 7 solo) and sacks (3.0)
His 3.0 quarterback takedowns vs. Browns marked the second multi-sack game of his NFL career, both occurring on Kickoff Weekends (Sept. 10, 2017 at Cleveland and Sept. 9, 2018 at Cleveland)
Blocked what could have been a game-winning field goal by Cleveland in OT
Named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his Week 5 performance vs. Atlanta
Led all defenders with game highs in tackles (8 / 6 solo) and sacks (3.0)
His 3.0 sacks marked the third multi-sack game of his NFL career and second of 2018 – matching a single-game career high (3.0, Sept. 9, 2018 at Cleveland)
Forced a fumble on his third sack of QB Matt Ryan, in the fourth quarter, which was recovered by LB L.J. Fort in the Falcons' end zone for a touchdown
Recorded a 12-yard strip-sack of Carolina QB Cam Newton in the second quarter (11/8), which increased his career sack total to 15.0 – tying Keith Willis (1982-83) for the second-most by a Steeler in their first two seasons in the NFL with the team since sacks became an official statistic in 1982
Recorded 2.0 sacks, his third multi-sack game of his 2018 season, and the fourth of his NFL career vs. Jacksonville (11/18)
Surpassed LaMarr Woodley for the most by a Steeler in their first two seasons in the NFL with the team since sacks became an official statistic in 1982

2017 (STEELERS)

Started all 15 games he played in during the regular season and one playoff game
His 7.0 sacks were the second-most by a rookie in Steelers history
His 7.0 sacks led all NFL rookie linebackers and tied for the second-most among all League rookies
Only NFL linebacker to finish the regular season with at least 50 tackles (52), 5.0 sacks (7.0), five passes defensed (8) and one interception (1)
Third player in NFL history and first on Kickoff Weekend to record 2.0 sacks and an interception in an NFL debut, joining Charles Glaze (Oct. 4, 1987) and Tommy Haynes (Oct. 4, 1987)
First Steeler with at least 2.0 sacks in their NFL debut since sacks became an official statistic in 1982 (previous mark, 1.5, Kenny Davidson, Sept. 9, 1990 at Cleveland)
First Steeler with at least 2.0 sacks and an interception in the same game since 2010 (LaMarr Woodley, Dec. 12 vs. Cincinnati)

COLLEGE

Played in 27 games with 14 starts over a two-year span (2015-16) for Wisconsin
Totaled 70 tackles, 17.0 TFLs and 11.5 sacks in his career
Named Academic All-Big Ten for two straight years (2015-16)
Named first-team All-American by ESPN.com and Sports Illustrated, and a second-team All-American by the AP, CBS Sports and Fox Sports as a redshirt junior in 2016
Named first-team All-Big Ten in 2016
Recorded 11.5 sacks in 2016, the fifth-most in a single season in school history
Moved to defense during the spring of 2015, and was part of a defense that ranked No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to 13.7 points per game
Missed the entire 2014 season due to injury
Redshirted in 2013…recruited to Wisconsin as a tight end
Graduated with a degree in retailing and consumer behavior

PERSONAL

Attended the Pewaukee High School (Pewaukee, Wisc.)
First-team all-conference quarterback, linebacker and punter
Named honorable mention all-area at linebacker by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Threw for 527 yards with seven TDs, adding 554 rushing yards and nine rushing TDs as a senior, to go along with 42 tackles and 5.0 sacks on defense
Lettered in track and field
Son of Connie and John Watt
His two brothers, J.J. and Derek, both play in the NFL
Derek is a teammate with the Steelers
J.J. is with Arizona Cardinals
Full name: Trent Jordan Watt

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