Getting drafted to play in the NFL is an honor that only a fraction of the nation’s football players get to experience. It’s a moment you’re not likely to forget, and some moments are more special than others. Connor Heyward being drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, with their and the city’s connections to his family, would certainly qualify as one of the more special and unique draft moments.
But that’s all it is—a moment, a memory. That moment has passed, a fact of which the young Heyward is amply aware. Perhaps especially as he gears up to take the practice field with his older brother, Cameron, for the first time in their lives.