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With 28 seconds remaining in the second quarter, Pittsburgh Steelers’ outside linebacker T.J. Watt beat his man on the edge and sacked Baltimore Raven’s quarterback Tyler Huntley.
The moment he tied the record!
Proud of you @_TJWatt
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— Wisconsin Football (@BadgerFootball) January 9, 2022
With that sack, Watt tied legendary defensive end Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record of 22.5 sacks. That record stood alone for over two decades.
No one has recorded more sacks in a single-season than these two.
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The former Badger accomplished this feat in just 15 games as an edge rusher, which is one less game than it took Strahan to compile the same total back in 2001.
The Pewaukee (Wisc.) native also broke the Pittsburgh Steelers’ single-season sack record this season, formerly held by James Harrison.
It’s been a remarkable season for Watt, who is without a doubt the favorite to win the NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Watt is all the proof you need that recruiting rankings are overrated.
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