DE · Pittsburgh Steelers · #97

Cameron Heyward

RDE1

College: Ohio State
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 295 lb
Experience: 16th season

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Season

Sacks

1.0▼ 2.5 vs '25

47th of 118 DL

Pressures

8▼ 4 vs '25

38th of 118 DL

Pressure rate

2.8%▲ 1.4 vs '25

44th of 118 DL

Run stops

17▼ 29 vs '25

6th of 118 DL

Tackling

22 tkl

1 tfl · 18 stops · 1 ff

Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2026 game log

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 vs ATLW	32	53.3	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	3
Wk 2 @ NEL	41	74.5	3	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	1
Wk 3 vs CINW	37	64.9	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 4 @ CLEL	46	71.9	7	6	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 5 vs INDW	44	62.0	3	3	1	0	1.0	1	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 6 @ TBW	48	64.9	3	2	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 7 @ NOW	34	59.6	2	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	1
Season	282	64.4	22	18	1	1	1.0	7	8	0	–	–	0	5

How he compares

2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2026 with Steelers

$18Mover 1 year

Avg. per year: $18M
Guaranteed: $16.3M 90%
2026 cap hit: $13.7M 4.3% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2026

2026 · now

Year 1 of 1 ·

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	7	282	64.4	22	18	1	5.0	1.0	7	8	0	–	0	5	1	0
2025	17	823	70.6	76	55	9	5.7	3.5	9	12	2	79.2	0	6	1	0
2024	17	778	71.3	65	58	12	6.0	8.0	20	22	1	87.5	0	11	0	0
2023	11	443	64.2	26	27	3	15.8	2.0	3	5	0	–	0	1	0	0
2022	17	801	75.3	66	56	12	10.0	10.5	23	30	0	–	0	4	1	0
2021	17	955	81.9	75	66	14	5.6	10.0	17	32	3	2.8	1	9	1	0
2020	15	806	83.4	49	40	5	9.3	4.0	19	31	2	0.0	1	3	0	0
2019	16	873	80.8	71	63	10	7.0	9.0	23	33	4	61.5	0	6	1	0
2018	16	841	80.6	46	35	8	2.6	8.0	18	25	1	39.6	0	3	1	0
2017	15	782	85.4	41	35	14	–	12.0	22	–	–	–	0	3	2	0
2016	7	364	77.8	20	16	4	–	3.0	5	–	–	–	0	4	0	0
2015	16	976	88.1	50	40	14	–	7.0	13	–	–	–	0	2	1	0
2014	16	859	86.8	47	43	9	–	7.5	16	–	–	–	0	4	0	0
2013	16	828	77.5	51	41	7	–	5.0	10	–	–	–	0	7	0	0
2012	11	–	–	18	15	2	–	1.5	3	–	–	–	0	0	0	0
2011	8	–	–	9	9	0	–	1.0	3	–	–	–	0	1	1	0
Career	222	10,411	78.5	732	617	124	7.0	93.0	211	198	13	13.5	2	69	10	0