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Alex Highsmith Surprised Himself With 14.5 Sack Season, Focused On Not Getting Complacent

The Pittsburgh Steelers season is over, and as we head into the off-season, lots of questions about the team will need to be answered. And with the 2023 NFL Draft and free agency on the horizon, it will be interesting to see how it all unfolds. One of the high points of this entire season for the Steelers was the emergence of third-year EDGE rusher, Alex Highsmith.

Coming into the year, Highsmith was fresh off a 6 sack, 74 tackle season in which he showed major signs of improvement from his rookie season. Many fans thought this year he would blossom into a high-quality player for this defense, and well, they were right.