Defensive back, Alabama, 2015–17
Minkah Fitzpatrick
- Number
- No. 29
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 202 lb
- Hometown
- Old Bridge, NJ
- Born
- Nov 17, 1996, in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey
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Minkah Fitzpatrick played defensive back at Alabama (2015–17). He won the 2017 Chuck Bednarik Award and the 2017 Jim Thorpe Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2016 and 2017. The Miami Dolphins took Fitzpatrick in the first round, No. 11 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
8tackles, career hightwice; last at Auburn, 20173interceptions, career highat Arkansas, 2016Honors
- 2016, 2017Consensus All‑American
- 2016, 2017First-team All-SEC
- 2017Chuck Bednarik Award
- 2017Jim Thorpe Award
Team titles: National champions, 2015 and 2017; SEC champions, 2015 and 2016
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2017 Alabama 13 games, 60 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Florida State | W 24–7 | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Fresno State | W 41–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Colorado State | W 41–23 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | at Vanderbilt | W 59–0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Ole Miss | W 66–3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Texas A&M | W 27–19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Arkansas | W 41–9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Tennessee | W 45–7 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. LSU | W 24–10 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | at Mississippi State | W 31–24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | at Auburn | L 14–26 | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Clemson | W 24–6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs. Georgia | W 26–23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Alabama 15 games, 66 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 6 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. USC | W 52–6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 38–10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | atOle Miss | W 48–43 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Kent State | W 48–0 | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Kentucky | W 34–6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atArkansas | W 49–30 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Oct 15 | atTennessee | W 49–10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.Texas A&M | W 33–14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atLSU | W 10–0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Mississippi State | W 51–3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Chattanooga | W 31–3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Auburn | W 30–12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 3 | vs. Florida | W 54–16 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Washington | W 24–7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs.Clemson | L 31–35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 Alabama 2 games, 2 INT
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2018 | Combine or pro day 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅛″ | |
| Weight | 204 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¼″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| Wingspan | 75⅛″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.46 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.53 s | |
| Vertical jump | 33″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| Bench press | 14 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.73 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.13 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 122 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.
Pro Bowls: 5 (2019–20, 2022–24) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2019–20, 2022)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2019–20, 2022; Pro Football Writers first team 2019–20, 2022; Sporting News first team 2019–20, 2022.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Miami Dolphins | 16 | 78 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 65 | 0 | 5 |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 74 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 116 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 90 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 88 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 80 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026 (so far) | New York Jets | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| NFL career | 122 | 668 | 1 | 22 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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