Steelers pass rusher TJ Watt will soon record the 100th sack of his career, and he will do so in the second-fewest games of any player in NFL history.
Watt has 99.5 career sacks in 107 career games. Assuming he gets at least half a sack over the next five games (a very safe assumption), he’ll be No. 100 faster than anyone except Reggie White, who recorded his 100th career sack in his 96th career game.
After White, the player who needed the second fewest games to reach 100 sacks was DeMarcus Ware, who did it in 113 games. Bruce Smith is next, with his 100th career sack in his 115th career game.
Sacks didn’t become an official statistic until 1982, so this doesn’t encompass all of NFL history, but over the past four decades, only White has reached 100 sacks faster than Watt is about to.
