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 | ||
Footballguys Consensus
|
120.69 | - | 21.2 | - | 0.37 | 1.93 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 9.27 | - | 37.83 | - | 0.01 |
Aaron Rudnicki
|
105.59 | - | 16.6 | - | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 8.3 | - | 33.5 | - | 0.04 |
Joseph Haggan
|
136.75 | - | 28 | - | 0.5 | 1.5 | - | 1.5 | 10 | - | 45 | - | - |
John Norton
|
119.75 | - | 19 | - | 0.5 | 3 | - | 3 | 9.5 | - | 35 | - | - |
Rankings
Footballguys Consensus
DE22
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 players' IDP ceilings.
John Norton
DE13
Kyle Bellefeuil
DE23
Week 0
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Dynasty
Rankings
Footballguys Consensus
DE29
Jeff Haseley
DE18
Gary Davenport
DE31
Kyle Bellefeuil
DE30
IDP Start-Sit, Studs and Duds: Week 17
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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.
Sun Apr 19 10:50
Nick Herbig, Alex Smith could be traded
Pittsburgh Steelers LBs Nick Herbig and Alex Highsmith are candidates to be traded during the 2026 NFL Draft because of the team's surplus of pass rushers, in the opinion of Yahoo! Sports' Charles Robinson. However, it is unlikely that both players get dealt, with Highsmith being the likelier of the two to wind up elsewhere next season.