Not only did the Pittsburgh Steelers make the decision to re-sign tight end Zach Gentry, they also added to the position through the 2023 NFL Draft, selecting Darnell Washington out of Georgia in the third round. With Pat Freiermuth at the top of the food chain, where does that leave second-year Connor Heyward?
Perhaps a little bit of everywhere. Though he has long been listed as a tight end-slash-fullback on the Steelers’ roster, the expectation is that the 2022 sixth-round pick will be asked to wear many hats this year.
That’s how Freiermuth sees it. “He is going to be a chess piece that we will use all over the field”, he recently told Mark Kaboly of The Athletic.