{{Short description|American football player (born 1985)}} {{Use American English|date=November 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Ali Highsmith | image = Ali Highsmith LSU.jpg | caption = Highsmith with the LSU Tigers in 2007 | number = 95 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|1|20}} | birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lbs = 230 | high_school = Miami Central<br/>(West Little River, Florida) | college = LSU (2004-2007) | undraftedyear = 2008 | pastteams = * Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|2008}}–{{NFL Year|2009}}) * San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|2010}})* | highlights = * BCS national champion (2007) * First-team All-American (2007) * First-team All-SEC (2007) * Second-team All-SEC (2006) | statlabel1 = Tackles | statvalue1 = 17 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 0.0 | statlabel3 = Forced fumbles | statvalue3 = 0 }} '''Arlington Louis "Ali" Highsmith''' (born January 20, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers, earning first-team All-American honors in 2007. He was signed by the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2008.
==Early life== Highsmith played high school football at Central High School in Miami, Florida.
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 5 | height in = 11 5/8 | weight = 230 | dash = 4.70 | ten split = 1.58 | twenty split = 2.72 | shuttle = 4.29 | cone drill = 7.40 | vertical = 29.0 | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 4 | bench = 23 | arm span = 32 | hand span = 9 5/8 | note = All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day<ref>{{Cite web |title=2008 NFL Draft Scout Ali Highsmith College Football Profile |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=17081&DraftYear=2008 |access-date=September 1, 2023 |website=DraftScout.com}}</ref> }}
===Arizona Cardinals=== Highsmith went undrafted in the 2008 NFL draft and was signed by the Arizona Cardinals shortly following the draft.
In 2008, Highsmith made the team out of training camp and went on to appear in six games for the Cardinals as a rookie before being placed on season-ending injured reserve with a knee injury on November 4. He finished the season with four tackles.
Highsmith was waived by the Cardinals on December 22, 2009, and re-signed to the team's practice squad the following day. He was re-signed to a future contract on January 18, 2010.
He was waived on August 3, 2010.
===San Diego Chargers=== Highsmith was claimed off waivers by the San Diego Chargers on August 5, 2010. He was waived on August 13.
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==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Twitter}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517162609/http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5200&ATCLID=175010&Q_SEASON=2006 LSU Tigers bio] *[http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/105208269.html "Former LSU, NFL player arrested for marijuana"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020042408/http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/105208269.html |date=October 20, 2010 }}
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