Dont'a Hightower | Football Outsiders

Position: OLB, MLB

Size: 6-2, 265 pounds

Draft: New England Patriots 2012 (Round: 1 / Pick: 25)

College: Alabama

Birthdate: 03/12/1990

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Standard Stats

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	Total Tkl	Tkl	Ast	Sacks	Int	IntTD	PD	FF	FR	FumTD	Pen	PenYd
2017	NE	OLB	5	5	14	12	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2016	NE	MLB	13	13	65	31	34	2.5	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	22
2015	NE	MLB	12	12	61	51	10	3.5	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	5
2014	NE	MLB
2013	NE	OLB
2012	NE	OLB

Advanced Stats

Year	Team	Pos	Plays	Stops	Dfts	Yd/Play	Rank	Stop Rate	Rank	Adj Pct Tm Total	Rank	Run/Pass Ratio
2017	NE	OLB	13	10	3	1.8	--	77%	--	5%	--	1.2
2016	NE	MLB	65	36	9	3.8	18	55%	50	10%	54	1.2
2015	NE	MLB	63	32	7	4.4	37	51%	73	10%	57	1.7
2014	NE	MLB
2013	NE	OLB
2012	NE	OLB

Advanced Stats vs Pass

Year	Team	Pos	Plays	Stops	Dfts	Yd/Play	Rank	Stop Rate	Rank	Pct Tm	Tkl	Stops	Stop Rate
2017	NE	OLB	6	3	2	2.0	--	50%	--	1%	4.0	1.0	25%
2016	NE	MLB	30	16	7	4.8	17	53%	23	7%	25.0	11.0	44%
2015	NE	MLB	23	11	5	4.6	19	48%	40	5%	17.0	5.0	29%
2014	NE	MLB
2013	NE	OLB
2012	NE	OLB

Advanced Stats vs Run

Year	Team	Pos	Plays	Stops	Dfts	Yd/Play	Rank	Stop Rate	Rank	Pct Tm
2017	NE	OLB	7	7	1	1.7	--	100%	--	100%
2016	NE	MLB	35	20	2	2.9	20	57%	72	57%
2015	NE	MLB	40	21	2	4.3	80	53%	82	53%
2014	NE	MLB
2013	NE	OLB
2012	NE	OLB

Charting Stats

Year	Team	Pos	Hits	Hur	Tgts	Tgt%	Rank	Avg Dist	YAC	Rank	Suc%	Rank	PaYd	Rank	Suc%	PaYd
2017	NE	OLB	1	8	5	3.3%	--	2.2	6.2	--	21%	--	7.9	--	20%	8.4
2016	NE	MLB	6	11	23	5.9%	49	4.7	3.5	24	43%	57	5.8	24	43%	6.0
2015	NE	MLB	3	9	11	3.2%	70	6.2	5.1	54	50%	51	6.0	35	55%	5.1
2014	NE	MLB
2013	NE	OLB
2012	NE	OLB

Penalties

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	Pen	PenYd
2017	NE	OLB	5	5	1	0
2016	NE	MLB	13	13	4	22
2015	NE	MLB	12	12	2	5
2014	NE	MLB
2013	NE	OLB
2012	NE	OLB

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