Pittsburgh Steelers · OLB (LB) · 8 games through Nov 1, 2026 · Wisconsin (2017 Round 1, Pick 30)

T.J. Watt

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49.0

Downfield Score v7.0Ranked #75 of 156 qualified LBs

Combined tackles: 1913 solo · 6 ast
Sacks & QB hits: 7.512 QB hits
Tackles for loss: 91 forced fumble
Coverage: 3 PD · 1 INTPasses defended & picks
Defensive snaps: 33742.1 snaps/G
Team def. EPA / play: −0.049Schedule-adjusted · What is EPA?

T.J. Watt among the 156 qualified linebackers: each 2026 Downfield Score, 0 to 100.

Singleton93.8
Cashman93.8
Jones92.4
Dean89.5
Warner89.2
Trotter87.8
Smith86.4
Wilson84.6
Edmunds84.5
Watt#7549.0

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Downfield Score v7.0 breakdown

Each component is shrunk toward the 2026 positional mean before percentile ranking across 156 qualified LBs. Read score check & methodology · What Raw and Shrunk mean

Defensive snaps per team game, regressed8% weight · Raw 0.69 → Shrunk 42.32

77thpercentile

Tackles per game32% weight · Raw 0.04 → Shrunk 2.51

23thpercentile

Weighted defensive disruption per game14% weight · Raw 0.14 → Shrunk 7.92

76thpercentile

Combined tackle rate, regressed18% weight · Raw 3.9% → Shrunk 4.1%

24thpercentile

Solo tackle rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 2.7% → Shrunk 2.7%

37thpercentile

Pass-rush disruption rate, regressed10% weight · Raw 6.1% → Shrunk 5.4%

98thpercentile

Coverage disruption rate, regressed4% weight · Raw 1.3% → Shrunk 0.9%

91thpercentile

Schedule-adjusted team defensive EPA / play, regressed4% weight · Raw −0.049 → Shrunk −0.025

83thpercentile

2026 game log

Every 2026 regular-season game line for T.J. Watt. Click any game to open its drive-by-drive chart and box score.

Week	Date	Matchup	Result	Tackles	Solo	Sacks	TFL	QB hits	PD	INT	Def. snaps
Week 1	Sep 13, 2026	vs ATL	W 20-13	4	4	2	3	2	1	1	38
Week 2	Sep 20, 2026	@ NE	L 3-20	4	2	1.5	1	2	0	0	31
Week 3	Sep 27, 2026	vs CIN	W 30-27	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	44
Week 4	Oct 1, 2026	@ CLE	L 24-27	4	4	1	2	2	1	0	47
Week 5	Oct 11, 2026	vs IND	W 34-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51
Week 6	Oct 18, 2026	@ TB	W 26-19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	50
Week 7	Oct 25, 2026	@ NO	W 16-10	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	37
Week 8	Nov 1, 2026	vs CLE	W 27-6	2	2	2	2	3	1	0	39

College to the NFL: Wisconsin to Pittsburgh Steelers

Verified identity bridge linking T.J. Watt's college regular-season tackles at Wisconsin to official NFL game lines.

Wisconsin (College tackles)

592016

3030th pick
2017 Draft

PIT (NFL tackles)

522017

612018

522019

472020

582021

322022

582023

562024

532025

192026 *

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Career NFL seasons

Regular-season totals from official NFL game lines across 10 seasons.

Season	Club	G	Tackles	Solo	Ast	Sacks	TFL	QBH	PD	INT	FF	Def. snaps
2017	PIT	15	52	38	14	7	10	13	7	1	1	751
2018	PIT	16	61	43	18	13	12	21	3	0	6	902
2019	PIT	16	52	32	20	14.5	12	36	8	2	8	935
2020	PIT	15	47	37	10	15	23	41	7	1	2	855
2021	PIT	15	58	42	16	22.5	20	39	7	0	5	758
2022	PIT	10	32	20	12	5.5	6	12	5	2	1	502
2023	PIT	17	58	38	20	19	19	36	8	1	4	931
2024	PIT	17	56	35	21	11.5	19	27	4	0	6	938
2025	PIT	14	53	21	32	7	10	19	8	2	3	812
2026 (so far)	PIT	8	19	13	6	7.5	9	12	3	1	1	337

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