EAST LANSING — Connor Heyward is a pure football player from a football family. His father, Craig “Ironhead” Heyward, was a star running back at Pitt and in the NFL. His brother, Cam, is a defensive ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — There's a legacy that comes when your last name is Heyward, and you play football for a living. Especially when you do it in Pittsburgh. Connor Heyward has known this basically his ...

The Las Vegas Raiders have been busy to begin free agency, as they look to stock their roster with talent for the impending arrival of star quarterback prospect Fernando Mendoza. One position where it ...

It’s a copycat move to write that the NFL is a copycat league. The Steelers have been using a similar play this season that involves a tight end and is called “Spartan.” The ball is directly snapped ...

Longtime Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward was able to share an NFL locker room with his brother and tight end/fullback Connor Heyward from the time Pittsburgh made Connor a ...

Pittsburgh Steelers' Pat Freiermuth (88), Connor Heyward (83) and Darnell Washington (80) celebrate Heyward's touchdown run in the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in ...

Former Pittsburgh Steelers tight end and special teams ace Connor Heyward revealed in a recent interview with Raiders’ columnist Paul Gutierrez that his decision to leave the Steel City for Las Vegas ...