While the end of T.J. Watt’s season ended on a low note, a Grade 2 MCL sprain, his overall season was another for the record books. Literally.
With Week 18 nearly wrapped up, Watt ends the 2023 season once again leading the NFL with 19 sacks. With him officially in first place, he becomes the first player in official NFL history to lead the league in sacks on three separate occasions. He led NFL with 15 sacks in 2020, 22.5 of them in 2021 (tying the official sack record), and his 19 this season.
It should be noted that the great Deacon Jones led the league in sacks five times (1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, and 1969) but that was before sacks became an official stat in 1982.