When he was drafted in 2011, Cameron Heyward was a rookie in a locker room filled with veterans along the defensive line. Aaron Smith, Brett Keisel, Casey Hampton, and Chris Hoke stood tall.
One by one, they left. Now, Heyward is the man amongst boys, tasked with the responsibility of leading his group.
“He definitely is next in line,” Stephon Tuitt told Will Graves of the Associated Press. “We all look up to him to become better.”
Heyward will never be one to launch into a Joey Porter-esque impassioned speech, preferring to lead quietly and by example.