Qualin Dont'a Hightower (born March 12, 1990) is an American former football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, receiving consensus All-American honors and winning two BCS National Championships. Hightower was selected in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Patriots, where he was named to two Pro Bowls and won three Super Bowl titles. More about Dont'a Hightower
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Hightower was born in Lewisburg, Tennessee. He attended Marshall County High School in Lewisburg, where he played for the Marshall County Tigers high school football team. He first drew recognition his sophomore year when the team's starting running back quit the team. In the last four games of the season, he rushed for over 1,000 yards and seven touchdowns. After growing to 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) prior to his junior year, Hightower was moved to linebacker and tight end. He collected 98 tackles, two sacks, and seven forced fumbles as a linebacker and caught 18 passes for 253 yards and four touchdowns at tight end.In total, we tracked 303 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Dont'a Hightower (Dont’a Hightower New England Patriots Signed Super Bowl LI Football Strip Sack) was sold in January 2018 for $399.99 while the cheapest item (2012 Press Pass FanFare Dont'a Hightower Rookie Autograph! Patriots) found a new owner for $0.69 in October 2021. The month with the most items sold (8) was January 2012 with an average selling price of $57.49 for an autographed item of Dont'a Hightower. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2013 with $299.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was February 2014. In average, an autographed item from Dont'a Hightower is worth $15.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Dont'a Hightower were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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2012 Panini Momentum Rookie Signature /699 Dont'a Hightower #156 Rookie Auto RC | $7.33 | ||
2012 Panini Prominence Dont’a Hightower Autograph Rookie Card RC Auto /499! | $17.99 | ||
2012 Press Pass Fanfare Dont’a Hightower Autograph Rc Card Auto Patriots 69/199 | $6.99 | ||
2012 Press Pass Fanfare Dont’a Hightower Autograph Rookie Card RC Auto Patriots! | $0.99 | ||
2012 UD Exquisite Dont'a Hightower auto autograph rookie card 61/99 RC Patriots | $31.99 | ||
2019 PANINI ILLUSIONS DONT'A HIGHTOWER AUTOGRAPH AUTO 95/150 PATRIOTS PATS | $11.99 | ||
2022 Panini Dont'a Hightower Super Bowl Autograph Auto #SBLIDH Patriots Donta | $27.99 | ||
2023 Panini Super Bowl Football Dont'a Hightower Autograph SC5624 | $40.00 | ||
Dont'a Hightower, Autographed ROOKIE Card, 2012 Elite DIE CUT #126, S#44/49 | $13.00 | ||
Dont’a Hightower 2012 Press Pass Autograph SGC 96 Old Label | $12.00 |
Jerod Mayo: Dont'a Hightower has always really wanted to coach (02/22/24): It wasn't long ago that Dont'a Hightower was flying around the field as a Patriots linebacker.
Mayo details process of hiring Hightower after ‘extensive' search (02/22/24): Being a former teammate of Jerod Mayo's on the New England Patriots, the decision to hire Dont'a Hightower had been talked about in the past but still warranted an extensive search.
Patriots hire Dont'a Hightower as new linebackers coach, per agent (02/09/24): Another former New England linebacker joins the Patriots' staff
Patriots hire Dont'a Hightower as linebackers coach (02/09/24): Dont'a Hightower is back in New England as the Patriots' new linebackers coach, his representation announced on social media.
This was Dont’a Hightower’s reaction to idea of becoming future coach (04/22/23): Dont'a Hightower reacted to Jerod Mayo's coaching suggestion.
Jerod Mayo would love Dont’a Hightower as a coach (04/2023): Should Dont'a Hightower be the next former Patriots player to turn to coaching? Jerod Mayo thinks so.
Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft laud Dont'a Hightower in heartfelt statements (03/2023): Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and owner Robert Kraft shared glowing statements on Dont'a Hightower's impact on the organization after the former linebacker announced his retirement.
Patriots keeping Dont'a Hightower locker, No. 54 free out of respect (09/2022): Dont'a Hightower hasn't officially retired, but the Patriots linebacker's locker and No. 54 are being kept free out of respect this year, writes Phil Perry.
PFF suggests Raiders should sign FA LB Dont’a Hightower before season starts (06/2022): Dont'a Hightower is still a free agent. Should the #Raiders bring him in?
Bill Belichick praises Josh Uche but cautions against comparison to Dont’a Hight (05/2022): Josh Uche seems to have a long way to go for a breakout season. But the Belichicks have faith.
Report: LB Dont’a Hightower still mulling retirement plans for 2022 (04/2022): Dont'a Hightower's future with the Patriots remains in question.
Isaiah Wynn, Dont’a Hightower among 13 questionable Patriots (01/2022): The Bills didn’t issue any injury designations for Saturday night’s home playoff game, but the Patriots handed out enough for both teams. New England has listed 13 players as questionable to take the field in the Wild Card round. Left tackle Isaiah Wynn was the only one of those players who didn’t p
Where are they now? Updating the status of NFL's biggest 2020 COVID opt-outs ent (08/2021): From Dont'a Hightower to Damien Williams, a look at where 14 notable absentees are now
Patriots' Dont'a Hightower excited to face Tom Brady in Week 4, says he won't 's (06/2021): Hightower and Brady won three Super Bowls together in New England
Here are some in-house options the Patriots have to replace Dont'a Hightower, ot (08/2020): New England was most impacted by player opt-outs
Patriots LB Dont'a Hightower reacts to Jaylen Waddle's punt return TD in Alabama (11/2019): Patriots linebacker Dont'a Hightower had some high praise for Alabama receiver Jaylen Waddle after his epic punt return touchdown against LSU.
Dont’a Hightower answers the Saban/Belichick question again and again and again (01/2019): Linebacker Dont'a Hightower played on two BCS national-championship teams at Alabama and has played on two Super Bowl-winning teams with the New England Patriots.