Alex Highsmith

Alex Highsmith

DE Pittsburgh Steelers
Age 28
Height/Weight 6'4", 242 Lbs
College Charlotte
Drafted Round 3 Pick 102
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Projections: IDP

Expert Total Pts Individual Defensive Players
2PR AST BLK FMR FMF INT PD SCK SAF TAC TFL TD
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120.69 - 21.2 - 0.37 1.93 0.1 2.4 9.27 - 37.83 - 0.01
Expert Avatar Aaron Rudnicki
105.59 - 16.6 - 0.1 1.3 0.3 2.7 8.3 - 33.5 - 0.04
Expert Avatar Joseph Haggan
136.75 - 28 - 0.5 1.5 - 1.5 10 - 45 - -
Expert Avatar John Norton
119.75 - 19 - 0.5 3 - 3 9.5 - 35 - -

Rankings

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Footballguys Consensus
DE16
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Jeff Haseley
DE13

Highsmith is a stable 45-50-tackle player with 7-8 sack potential. He benefits greatly from cleanup production when blockers focus on his interior linemates. 

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Gary Davenport
DE19

Highsmith logged 50 total tackles and 9.5 sacks last year, but a cloud was cast over his IDP value when the Steelers handed Nick Herbig $25 million a season in June.

The best thing in fantasy would be for one player to emerge as the clear No. 2 option opposite T.J. Watt. The more likely result is a three-man rotation that caps all three's IDP ceilings to an extent.

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John Norton
DE13
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Aaron Rudnicki
DE9
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Ryan Sitzmann
DE15
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Joseph Haggan
DE11
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Kyle Bellefeuil
DE23

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DE27
 

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Schedule

Pittsburgh Steelers Schedule

Week Date & Time Opponent TV Spread/Total Weather
1 Sunday, September 13
1:00 PM
vs Atlanta Falcons
FOX
-3.0
O/U 42.0
2 Sunday, September 20
1:00 PM
@ New England Patriots
CBS/P
3 Sunday, September 27
1:00 PM
vs Cincinnati Bengals
CBS/P
4 Thursday, October 1
8:15 PM
@ Cleveland Browns
AMZN
5 Sunday, October 11
1:00 PM
vs Indianapolis Colts
CBS/P
6 Sunday, October 18
1:00 PM
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
CBS/P
7 Sunday, October 25
9:30 AM
@ New Orleans Saints
NFLN
+1.5
O/U 40.5
8 Sunday, November 1
1:00 PM
vs Cleveland Browns
CBS/P
10 Sunday, November 15
8:20 PM
@ Cincinnati Bengals
NBC/P
11 Sunday, November 22
4:25 PM
@ Philadelphia Eagles
CBS/P
12 Friday, November 27
3:00 PM
vs Denver Broncos
AMZN
+1.5
O/U 39.5
13 Sunday, December 6
8:20 PM
vs Houston Texans
NBC/P
14 Monday, December 14
8:15 PM
@ Jacksonville Jaguars
ESPN
15 Sunday, December 20
1:00 PM
vs Baltimore Ravens
CBS/P
16 Sunday, December 27
--:--
vs Carolina Panthers
17 Sunday, January 3
1:00 PM
@ Tennessee Titans
CBS/P
18 Sunday, January 10
--:--
@ Baltimore Ravens

Career Stats

YR TM G TKL AST SCK FF FR INT PD TD
2020 PIT 16 30 18 2 0 0 1 1 0
2021 PIT 17 46 28 6 1 0 0 0 0
2022 PIT 17 38 25 14.5 5 0 0 1 0
2023 PIT 17 35 22 7 2 0 2 3 1
2024 PIT 11 28 16 6 1 0 0 2 0
2025 PIT 13 36 14 9.5 1 0 0 3 0
Total 91 213 123 45 10 0 3 10 1

Game Logs

YR WK OPP dSNAP TKL AST SCK FF FR INT PD TD
2025 SEA 634 36 14 9.5 1 0 0 3 0
2025 1 NYJ 57 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025 2 SEA 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 6 CLE 47 1 2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
2025 7 CIN 53 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 8 GB 47 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 9 IND 48 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
2025 10 LAC 53 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2025 13 BUF 54 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 14 BAL 62 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2025 15 MIA 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2025 16 DET 67 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025 17 CLE 48 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2025 18 BAL 44 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2024 WAS 525 28 16 6 1 0 0 2 0
2024 1 ATL 49 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0
2024 2 DEN 49 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 3 LAC 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 7 NYJ 42 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 8 NYG 64 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2024 10 WAS 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024 14 CLE 42 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 15 PHI 50 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2024 16 BAL 44 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
2024 17 KC 52 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
2024 18 CIN 57 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 TEN 910 35 22 7 2 0 2 3 1
2023 1 SF 49 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 2 CLE 68 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 1
2023 3 LV 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 4 HOU 63 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 5 BAL 61 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2023 7 LAR 53 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 8 JAX 63 3 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
2023 9 TEN 63 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
2023 10 GB 63 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
2023 11 CLE 66 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 12 CIN 40 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 13 ARI 61 5 3 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
2023 14 NE 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 15 IND 52 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 16 CIN 47 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
2023 17 SEA 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023 18 BAL 49 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 TB 941 38 25 14.5 5 0 0 1 0
2022 1 CIN 83 6 3 3 1 0 0 0 0
2022 2 NE 57 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 3 CLE 68 6 2 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
2022 4 NYJ 62 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 5 BUF 48 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 6 TB 62 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
2022 7 MIA 54 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 8 PHI 50 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 10 NO 43 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
2022 11 CIN 56 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
2022 12 IND 51 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
2022 13 ATL 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 14 BAL 56 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 15 CAR 45 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
2022 16 LV 48 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022 17 BAL 52 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022 18 CLE 62 6 2 2.5 0 0 0 0 0
2021 TEN 851 46 28 6 1 0 0 0 0
2021 1 BUF 46 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 2 LV 44 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 3 CIN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 4 GB 40 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 5 DEN 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 6 SEA 65 2 5 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
2021 8 CLE 54 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 9 CHI 49 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 10 DET 66 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 11 LAC 64 3 3 1.5 0 0 0 0 0
2021 12 CIN 48 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 13 BAL 60 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 14 MIN 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 15 TEN 66 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 16 KC 54 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
2021 17 CLE 56 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2021 18 BAL 68 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 WAS 438 30 18 2 0 0 1 1 0
2020 1 NYG 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 2 DEN 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 3 HOU 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 5 PHI 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 6 CLE 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 7 TEN 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 8 BAL 25 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
2020 9 DAL 12 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2020 10 CIN 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 11 JAX 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 12 BAL 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 13 WAS 60 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 14 BUF 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 15 CIN 53 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 16 IND 58 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020 17 CLE 60 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
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Wed Jun 3 13:03
Alex Highsmith not at practice

Pittsburgh Steelers LB Alex Highsmith (illness) is not participating in practice Wednesday, June 3, because of an illness.