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Dont'a Hightower

LB #54

Height:: 6-3
Weight:: 270
Age:: 23
College:: Alabama
Hometown:: Lewisburg, TN
Experience:: 2

Quick Stats (2012):

TCKL: 60

SCK: 4.0

FF: 0

INT: --

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Situational

Career Stats
Season	Team	Games		Tackles					Interceptions						Fumbles
Season	Team	G	GS	Total	Solo	Ast	Sck	SFTY	PDef	Int	Yds	Avg	Lng	TDs	FF	FR
TOTAL				60	43	17	4.0	0	3	--	--	--	--	--	0	2
2012	NE	14	13	60	43	17	4.0	0	3	--	--	--	--	--	0	2

Recent Games
WK	Opp	Result	Tackles					Interceptions						Fumbles
WK	Opp	Result	Total	Solo	Ast	Sck	SFTY	PDef	Int	Yds	Avg	Lng	TDs	FF	FR
1	@TEN	W 34-13	5	4	1	0.0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	1
2	ARI	L 18-20	5	3	2	0.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
3	@BAL	L 30-31	5	5	0	0.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
4	@BUF	W 52-28	2	2	0	1.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
5	DEN	W 31-21	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
6	@SEA	L 23-24	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
7	NYJ	W 29-26	7	7	0	1.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
8	@STL	W 45-7	1	1	0	0.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
10	BUF	W 37-31	4	1	3	0.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
11	IND	W 59-24	2	0	2	0.0	--	1	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
12	@NYJ	W 49-19	4	3	1	1.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
13	@MIA	W 23-16	2	2	0	0.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
14	HOU	W 42-14	6	5	1	0.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
15	SF	L 34-41	8	5	3	0.0	--	1	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
16	@JAC	W 23-16	6	4	2	1.0	--	1	--	--	--	--	--	0	--
17	MIA	W 28-0	3	1	2	0.0	--	0	--	--	--	--	--	0	1

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Biography

Dont'a Hightower was drafted by the New England Patriots in the first round (25th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS
Dont'a Hightower was drafted by the New England Patriots in the first round (25th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.

SEASONAL REVIEWS

2012 (14/13, 2/2)

Earned the starting linebacker job out of training camp.
Finished with four tackles and a key third-quarter fumble recovery on the Patriots’ goal line to preserve the shutout in the win vs. Miami (12/30).
Compiled seven tackles and a key third-down sack in the fourth quarter of the win at Jacksonville (12/23).
Tallied a career-high 10 tackles and defensed one pass vs. San Francisco (12/16).
Made seven tackles in overtime win vs. N.Y. Jets (10/21) including one sack for seven yards.
Was inactive due to injury at Seattle (10/14) and vs. Denver (10/7).
Started and made two tackles including 1 sack for 0 yards before leaving with a hamstring injury at Buffalo (9/30).
Started at linebacker in his first NFL game and returned a fumble caused by a Chandler Jones strip-sack deep in Tennessee territory six yards for a touchdown in the season-opening win at Tennessee (9/9). Also made five tackles including one for a loss.

COLLEGE

Was one of two true freshmen to start for the Crimson Tide in 2008 and earned Freshman All-American honors, as he finished fourth on the team with 64 tackles (26 solos) with 2.5 stops for loss, a pair of fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.
Granted a medical redshirt in 2009 after being limited to just four games due to a knee injury.
Hightower started 42-of-44 games at Alabama – 26 at weak-side linebacker and 16 at middle linebacker.
Recorded 234 tackles (101 solos), including five sacks for minus 30 yards, 21.0 stops for losses of 67 yards and 25 quarterback pressures. Also had a pair of forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, seven pass deflections, a 29-yard interception return and a blocked kick.
A finalist for the Chuck Bednarik, Butkus and Lombardi Awards, Hightower was a consensus All-American and unanimous All-SEC first-team selection in 2011.

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