Cameron Heyward
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| Pittsburgh Steelers - No. 97 | |
| Defensive end | |
| Date of birth: May 6, 1989 | |
| Place of birth: Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania | |
| Height: 1.96 m | Weight: 134 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2013 for the Pittsburgh Steelers | |
| Career | |
| College : Ohio State | |
| NFL Draft : 2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 31 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Tackles | 397 |
| Sacks | 54.0 |
| Forced fumbles | 6th |
| Passes prevented | 30th |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Cameron Phillips Heyward (* 6. May 1989 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American American football poker players. He plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL) on the position of the defensive end .
college
Heyward, whose father Craig "Ironhead" Heyward had been fullback in the NFL for eleven seasons , attended Ohio State University and played college football for their team, the Buckeyes , with great success from 2007 to 2010 - he was able to with his team three times win the Big Ten Conference - not only able to set 163 tackles , but also get 15 sacks and a touchdown .
NFL
In the 2011 NFL Draft , Heyward was selected in the first round as the 31st overall by the Pittsburgh Steelers and received a four-year contract worth 6.7 million and a hand money of 3.37 million US dollars .
In the first two seasons he was used as a backup in every game. He was called up as a starter for the first time in 2013. Since then Heyward has developed into a reliable pillar of the Steelers defense. In 2015, he received a new six-year contract for 59.25 million dollars, 15 of which were guaranteed. In
2016, the season ended after seven games for him due to an injury. In 2017 Heyward was elected to the Pro Bowl for the first time due to his consistently good performance .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ College stats on sports-reference.com, accessed June 8, 2018
- ↑ Contract details on spotrac.com, accessed on June 8, 2018
- ↑ Report on nfl.com from July 16, 2015, accessed June 8, 2018
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Heyward, Cameron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heyward, Cameron Phillips (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States |