Defensive tackle, Ohio State, 2007–10
Cameron Heyward
- Number
- No. 97
- Height
- 6′5″
- Hometown
- Suwanee, GA
- Born
- May 6, 1989, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Cameron Heyward played defensive tackle at Ohio State (2007–10). The Pittsburgh Steelers took Heyward in the first round, No. 31 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2009
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tot | Solo | Ast | Sacks | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | PD | FF | FR | |
| 2007 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 46 | 21 | 25 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 48 | 25 | 23 | 3.5 | 13 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 163 | 80 | 83 | 15.5 | 37.5 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
From the college statistics table in Heyward’s Wikipedia article (Cameron Heyward, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007N | 13 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 10 | 2.5 | – | 3 | 1 | – |
| 2008N | 13 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 4.5 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 10 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 13 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| On file | 80 | 83 | 163 | 37.5 | 14.5 | – | 5 | 2 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Ohio State | 97 | DT | |
| 2010 | Ohio State | 97 | DT | 6′5″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2010 Ohio State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | vs. Miami | W 36–24 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 | Combine or pro day 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅝″ | |
| Weight | 294 lb | |
| Arm length | 34¼″ | |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ | |
| Wingspan | 82¼″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.92 s | |
| Vertical jump | 30″ |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
16 seasons, 218 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.
Pro Bowls: 6 (2017–21, 2024) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 4 (2017, 2019, 2021, 2024) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2020, 2025)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024; AP second team 2020, 2025; Pro Football Writers first team 2019, 2021, 2024; Sporting News first team 2019.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 18 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 51 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 47 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 50 | 7 | 0 |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 41 | 12 | 0 |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 46 | 8 | 0 |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16 | 71 | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15 | 49 | 4 | 1 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 75 | 10 | 1 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 66 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 65 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17 | 76 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 218 | 727 | 93 | 2 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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