Grading each selection of the Pittsburgh Steelers 2022 NFL Draft

HB Connor Heyward: D

I’m happy that Cameron Heyward gets to play with his little brother in the NFL — something he probably never thought was going to be a possibility. However, it’s just hard for me to get behind this pick for the Steelers.

Connor Heyward is a solid football player and I think he deserved to be selected in the sixth round. Sadly, I just don’t know if Pittsburgh is going to be able to find a way to utilize his skillset. In 2018, they experimented with a similar H-back-type player in Jaylen Samuels late in the fifth round, but they couldn’t figure out how to use him properly.

This selection also might mean that there isn’t room on the roster for Both Heyward and Derek Watt. Is the difference between these two players really worth a sixth-round draft choice?

I think that Connor Heyward is a well-rounded player who can block on the move, catch, and even take carries from the backfield. I just don’t know what the plan is here. At the very least, he should be a core special teams player. I’m just not crazy about this pick.