Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2009-2011Alabama
Dont'a Hightower
LB • 6'4" • Lewisburg, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dont'a Hightower shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Alabama
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Alabama
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Player Story
Dont'a Hightower built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a linebacker from Lewisburg, TN wearing No. 30, spending time with Alabama. The clearest part of Dont'a Hightower's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2012
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 25
- Overall
- No. 25
- NFL Team
- New England Patriots
Dont'a Hightower, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Alabama. Dont'a Hightower shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Dont'a Hightower quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Alabama · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 1 games
- Best season
- 2011 Regular Season · Alabama
- Top game
- Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Marshall County · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Marshall County · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2012 · Round 1 · Pick 25 · New England Patriots
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Class 2011
Dont'a Hightower is listed as a LB for Alabama. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Recognition
Honors
- 20112011 Coaches All-SEC · official_conference_selectionfirst
- 20112011 Consensus All-America · ncaa_consensusconsensus
- 20102010 Coaches All-SEC · official_conference_selectionsecond
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