As he heads into his 10th season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, since they made him the 31st-overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Cameron Heyward finds himself as the most veteran player on the defensive side of the ball, at least in terms of tenure. Joe Haden and Tyson Alualu were drafted one year earlier, but are only entering year four with the team.
In fact, only two players on the roster have been here longer, and those are quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, heading into year 17, and center Maurkice Pouncey, who was Pittsburgh’s first-round draft pick the year before Heyward, in 2010.