Joseph Alt is an American football offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers as of the 2024 NFL season. The Chargers selected him with the fifth overall pick in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft. He subsequently signed a four-year rookie contract with the team valued at $33.1 million. As of Week 6 in the 2024 NFL season, he has appeared in 4 games played, starting all of them as per Pro Football Reference.
Alt, who is 21 years old as of October 2024, was born in North Oaks, Minnesota on February 28, 2003. He attended Totino-Grace High School in his home state of Minnesota and continued his education and football career at the University of Notre Dame where he played on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team for three years from 2021 to 2023. Alt was not only able to feature in all thirteen games as a true freshman in 2021 but was also the starting left tackle for all games. According to the college's official website, he was named a Unanimous All-American and was honored as the Notre Dame Offensive Lineman of the Year in 2023. He was also named the First-team All-American selection in 2022.
Joe Alt Sacks Allowed
According to PFF and CBS Sport, Alt has given away 0 sacks in his entire college career of three years. That means from the 36 games that he played in over the three years he was part of the Fighting Irish football team, Alt has not allowed any sacks.
Moreover, in his junior year in 2023, Alt played a total of 713 offensive snaps from 12 games and allowed only a single sack on his watch. Moreover, Alt allowed only five total pressures, out of 347 pass-blocking attempts, achieving a 99.1 per cent pass-blocking efficiency as per the Chargers' official website.
FAQs on Joe Alt
A. Joe Alt was born in North Oaks, Minnesota, on February 28, 2003.
A. Joe Alt stands 6 ft 9 in (2.03 m) and weighs about 322 lb (146 kg).
A. Joe Alt’s father is John Alt, a former offensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs.
A. Joe Alt has an older brother named Mark Alt who is a professional ice hockey player.
