Against the Tennessee Titans, T.J. Watt achieves a historic feat. Never before has a Pittsburgh Steelers player scored more sacks in a season.

Pittsburgh/Munich – T.J. Watt continues his impressive season.

The Pittsburgh Steelers’ star pass rusher secured a franchise record in the game against the Tennessee Titans.

Pittsburgh Steelers: T.J. Watt makes franchise history

Against Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill, the defensive star managed his 17th sack of the current season.

With this achievement, Watt is now guaranteed a place in the history books of the Pittsburgh Steelers: Never before has a player of the traditional franchise achieved more sacks in a season, the previous record of club legend James Harrison from the 2008 season was 16 sacks.

Watt a year for T.J. (so far 👀)

Congratulations to @_TJWatt, the Steelers new single season sack leader!

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– Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) December 19, 2021

T.J. Watt: With the Pittsburgh Steelers since 2017

The 27-year-old has worn the Steelers’ jersey since 2017 and has been one of the NFL’s best quarterback hunters for years.

Last season, Watt narrowly missed the record with 15 sacks.