You won’t have to search long and hard to find accolades for T.J. Watt, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ fifth-year premiere edge defender. He has made the Pro Bowl three times in his first four seasons, and was not just first-team All-Pro each of the past two years, but a finalist for the Defensive Player of the Year Award.
At 26 years old, he’s also still very much in his prime. Over the past three seasons, he has 42.5 sacks, 98 hits, 16 forced fumbles, three interceptions, and 18 passes defensed—certainly a stat line you can put up against any edge defender in the NFL, with the 2020 season being perhaps his best.