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Connor Heyward

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Connor Heyward

Role PlayerTwo-Way Profile

Height6'0"

Weight230 lb

BornJan 22, 1999

Age27

CollegeMichigan State See College Stats

ConferenceBig Ten

Rookie yr2022

Draft2022 · Rd 6, Pick 208 · PIT

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A running back who contributed in a defined role. Their developmental reflects a career built on specific contributions rather than volume.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 0 · #4268 · Role Player

Worth 0 points of value above a freely-available replacement running back — top 93% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 0 of 3 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +0 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

3 replaced

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

50

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

0

Seasons over

cleared the bar

×

+0

Avg surplus

peak +0

0 seasons × ~0 surplus ≈ VORP 0

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

4 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Rushing								Receiving									Passing													Defense
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2022	—	PIT	8	—	2	27	0	13.5	0.0	2	100.0	0	17	12	151	1	70.6%	12.6	8.9	—	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2023	—	PIT	11	—	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	34	23	167	0	67.6%	7.3	4.9	—	8	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2024	—	PIT	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	6	40	1	75.0%	6.7	5.0	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2025	—	PIT	11	—	15	43	2	2.9	13.3	11	73.3	0	4	3	21	1	75.0%	7.0	5.3	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	3	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career		—	35	—	18	70	2	3.9	11.1	13	72.2	0	63	44	379	3	69.8%	8.6	6.0	—	18	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	10	4	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0

Career EPA-1.3·-0 passing · -1 rushing·-0.4/season

Passing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	Int	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AdjY/A	TD:INT	Rate	Sk	VAL
2023	24	PIT	11	0*	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	39.6	0	4.6
Career			11		0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	—	—	39.6	0	18.6

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Rushing

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2022	23	PIT	8	0*	2	27	0	13.5	0.0	2	100.0	0
2023	24	PIT	11	0*	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0
2025	26	PIT	11	0*	15	43	2	2.9	13.3	11	73.3	0
Career			30		18	70	2	3.9	—	13	—	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Receiving

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2022	23	PIT	8	0*	17	12	151	1	70.6%	12.6	8.9	—	6
2023	24	PIT	11	0*	34	23	167	0	67.6%	7.3	4.9	—	8
2024	25	PIT	5	0*	8	6	40	1	75.0%	6.7	5.0	—	3
2025	26	PIT	11	0*	4	3	21	1	75.0%	7.0	5.3	—	1
Career			35		63	44	379	3	69.8%	8.6	6.0	—	18

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty
2022	23	PIT	1	0*	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2023	24	PIT	2	0*	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
2025	26	PIT	5	0*	9	3	6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	—	0	0
Career			8		10	4	6	0	0	—	—	0	0	0	—	0	0

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2022	23	PIT	17	0*	174	14.9%	—	0.0%	284	64.8%
2023	24	PIT	17	0*	403	37.4%	—	0.0%	247	54.4%
2024	25	PIT	17	0*	207	18.1%	—	0.0%	303	66.6%
2025	26	PIT	17	0*	90	9.2%	—	0.0%	290	65.0%
Career			68		874	—	—	—	1,124	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced (EPA)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Pass EPA	Rush EPA	Rec EPA	Pass AirYd	Rec AirYd
2022	23	—	—	0*	—	0.8	4.0	0	92
2023	24	—	—	0*	-0.3	-1.9	-4.2	-4	175
2024	25	—	—	0*	—	—	0.2	0	67
Career					—	—	—	-4	334

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Passing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	OnTgt%	Bad%	Prss	Prss%	Hrry	Hits	Bltz	PktTime	Throwaway	Batted	Scrm
2023	24	PIT	—	0*	100.0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	2.1	0	1	—
Career					—	—	0	—	0	0	1	—	0	1	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Rushing (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	YBC	YBC/Att	YAC	YAC/Att	BrkTkl	Att/Br	1D
2022	23	PIT	17	0*	24	12.0	3	1.5	0	—	2
2023	24	PIT	17	0*	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	—	0
2025	26	PIT	17	0*	33	2.2	10	0.7	0	—	11
Career			51		57	—	13	—	0	—	13

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Receiving (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	ADOT	YBC/R	YAC/R	BrkTkl	Drops	Drop%	1D	TgtRate
2022	23	PIT	17	0*	5.4	7.4	5.2	0	0	0.0	6	93.0
2023	24	PIT	17	0*	5.1	3.2	4.1	1	2	0.1	8	66.7
2024	25	PIT	17	0*	8.4	5.5	1.2	0	2	0.3	3	125.0
2025	26	PIT	17	0*	6.5	5.3	1.7	0	0	0.0	1	126.0
Career			68		—	—	—	1	4	—	18	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 35 · Depth / Rotational

A depth / rotational career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 35 of 100, era-normalized against rush yds/g peers across 3 scored seasons, with a short career trimming the score.

41

Sustained

career value

×.6

41

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×0.86

Longevity

career length

Blend 41 × longevity 0.86 = KV-H 35· confidence 100%

What builds the career mark of 41

On-field 28.9

Availability 12.1

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative rush yds/g)

2022bestavg 412025

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

7

Depth

of 100

Reached 3% of the all-time Receptions leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

3% of the all-time Receptions leader3

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

-0.44 EPA/season over 3 seasons50

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 88%.

Per-Snap Impact

Running Backs · proprietary · 2012+

25

Rotational

SIS

Yards / snap:0.514 ydsSee leaderboard →

Yards/snap0.514Touch rate0.093EPA/snap-0.002Snap share19.9%Off snaps874VolatileCV 1.41

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within running backs, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average RBs aging curve. Group peak age: 21. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2022

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

RB · 2022 class

4.72s

40-Yard

Low · 11th pct

Pos 11thAll 42thClass Pos 2thClass All 39th

32.5"

Vertical

Below avg · 27th pct

Pos 27thAll 39thClass Pos 39thClass All 43th

Postseason Career

1 playoff game

Receiving

Tgt1Rec1Yds5Ctch%100.0%Y/R5.0Y/Tgt5.0

Advanced (EPA)

Rec EPA0.1Rec AirYd5

College Stats

Michigan StateImported college table

College Rushing

Season	School	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	TD%	1D	1D%	Fmb
2017	Michigan State	3	10	0	3.3	0.0	—	—	—
2018	Michigan State	118	529	5	4.5	4.2	—	—	—
2019	Michigan State	24	79	0	3.3	0.0	—	—	—
2020	Michigan State	65	200	0	3.1	0.0	—	—	—
2021	Michigan State	1	7	0	7.0	0.0	—	—	—
Career		211	825	5	3.9	2.4	—	—	—

College Receiving

Season	School	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	Ctch%	Y/R	Y/Tgt	AirYd/T	1D
2017	Michigan State	—	4	13	1	—	3.3	—	—	—
2018	Michigan State	—	32	249	0	—	7.8	—	—	—
2019	Michigan State	—	7	52	1	—	7.4	—	—	—
2020	Michigan State	—	18	71	2	—	3.9	—	—	—
2021	Michigan State	—	35	326	2	—	9.3	—	—	—
Career		0	96	711	6	—	7.4	—	—	—

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2022 Draft Class· this player went #208

#200Sam RobertsDT #201Keaontay IngramRB #202Mike WoodsWR #203Trestan EbnerRB #204Theo JacksonDB #205Austin DeculusOT #206Matt HenningsenDE #207Doug KramerC #209Luke TenutaOT #211Quentin LakeSAF #212Derion KendrickCB #213John FitzPatrickTE #214Ja'Sir TaylorCB #215Lecitus SmithG #217James HoustonDE #218Ko KieftTE

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Connor inherited the Pittsburgh Steelers RB room from Najee Harris (2021–2024), and handed it to Jaylen Warren (2022–2025).

Frank Pollard 1980–1988Walter Abercrombie 1982–1987Rich Erenberg 1984–1986Earnest Jackson 1986–1988Rodney Carter 1987–1989Merril Hoge

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Movementderived from season history

2025final season
Last recorded season with PIT
2022draft
Drafted by PIT — Round 6, Pick 208

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'0" / 230 lb

Frame

233 lb at 4.72s

Size-speed

Injury History

No game-status injuries on record since 2009 (nflverse weekly reports).

Knox

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Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 3-season peers. See all →

35

peak 41

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

D2022

C2023

C2025

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 4 seasons.

100%

20222025

Era Translator

Rush Yds translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Rush Yds	Rush Yds/G	→ 2025 Rush Yds	→ 2025 /G
2022	27	3.4	48+21	2.8
2023	0	0	0	0
2025	43	3.9	66+23	3.9

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:advanced-epa (CC-BY 4.0), nflverse:injuries, wikipedia:college-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

0 career value over replacement — #4268 all-time of 4,642. 0/season above a replacement-level RB.

Draft OutcomeValue ↑

Pick #208 (Rd 6) · PIT · 2022 · +11.1 vs expected KV-H

35actual

23.9 expected · Δ+11.1

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