Cameron Heyward is building a case for Canton — a 57% HOF probability suggests his career already clears the historical enshrinement bar in most models. His overall career value places Heyward in the top 1% of all pass rushers in the StatVault encyclopedia.

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Cameron Heyward

7× Pro Bowl4× All-ProTop 1% all-time pass rushersIron Legend

Height6'5"

Weight295 lb

BornMay 6, 1989

Age

Career Value · VORP

289 career value over replacement — #154 all-time of 4,695. 19.3/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Career Profile

1 top-10 seasonstop-10 marks

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #31 (Rd 1) · PIT · 2011 · +38.2 vs expected KV-H

93actual

54.8 expected · Δ+38.2

💔+49.4 stolen VORP·2.56 szns lost

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Combined Season Grid

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Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2011	22	PIT	8	—	9	8	1	0	3	1.0	4.0	0	1	1	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	23	PIT	11	—	18	11	7	2	3	1.5	6.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013	24	PIT	16	—	51	27	24	7	10	5.0	22.0	0	7	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	828	77.4%	188	39.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014	25	PIT	16	—	47	27	20	11	16	7.5	34.5	0	4	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	859	87.1%	151	32.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015	26	PIT	16	—	50	35	15	15	13	7.0	35.0	0	2	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	976	88.1%	140	31.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	27	PIT	7	—	20	16	4	4	5	3.0	12.0	0	4	0	1	0	0	—	0.0%	364	77.0%	45	22.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	28	PIT	15	—	41	26	15	16	22	12.0	50.0	0	3	2	1	0	0	—	0.0%	782	85.5%	123	29.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	29	PIT	16	—	46	24	22	10	18	8.0	36.0	0	3	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	841	80.8%	128	28.2%	1	0	0.0	39.6	3.0	25	7	9	0	1	0.0
2019	30	PIT	16	—	71	39	32	11	23	9.0	43.0	0	6	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	873	80.8%	112	25.9%	4	2	0.5	61.5	-3.0	33	11	12	0	6	0.1
2020	31	PIT	15	—	49	25	24	7	19	4.0	30.0	1	3	0	—	0	0	2	0.2%	806	83.1%	110	25.8%	2	0	0.0	0.0	-1.5	31	12	14	0	5	0.1
2021	32	PIT	17	—	75	39	36	15	17	10.0	42.0	1	9	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	955	82.1%	109	22.3%	3	1	0.3	2.8	-4.0	32	15	6	0	5	0.1
2022	33	PIT	17	—	66	31	35	14	23	10.5	47.5	0	4	1	1	0	0	—	0.0%	801	76.2%	120	27.8%	0	0	—	—	—	30	7	11	0	6	0.1
2023	34	PIT	11	—	26	18	8	6	3	2.0	11.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	443	65.8%	57	20.0%	0	0	—	—	—	5	3	0	0	3	0.1
2024	35	PIT	17	—	65	29	36	12	20	8.0	40.0	0	11	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	778	71.5%	123	26.8%	1	1	1.0	87.5	2.0	24	5	10	0	3	0.0
2025	36	PIT	17	—	76	36	40	9	9	3.5	21.5	0	6	1	—	0	0	3	0.2%	823	71.0%	129	28.6%	2	2	1.0	79.2	-3.0	12	5	3	0	3	0.0
2026	37	PIT	5	—	17	7	10	1	5	1.0	7.0	0	4	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	200	65.4%	39	27.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	220	—	727	398	329	140	209	93.0	442.0	2	68	10	7	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	6	—	—	—	192	65	65	0	32	—

All-Time Rank & Honors

career ranks, postseason ranks, awards, title context

Regular-season all-time ranks

52ndSacks·93

Pro Bowls

All-Pro

Archetype Intelligence

Iron LegendExplore archetypes →

An all-time caliber edge rusher (top 1% all-time) who combined elite production with excellent availability over their career. Iron Legends define eras — they show up, every game, for years on end.

Record Chase →

#52 all-time in Sacks (93). 0.5 behind Henry Thomas for #51 — on pace in ~1 season

Career Value · VORP

VORP 289 · #154 · All-Time

Worth 289 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 4% of all 4,695 ranked at the position. 13 of 15 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +22.2 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

13 cleared

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

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Seasons over

cleared the bar

+22.2

Avg surplus

peak +42

13 seasons × ~22.2 surplus ≈