Cam Heyward will get a chance to finish his career where it started. The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle has signed a three-year contract that runs through the 2026 season. Financial details were not disclosed. The 35-year-old Heyward was about to enter the final season of the four-year deal he signed in 2020.
FILE - Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward walks off the field after an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in Orchard Park, NY. The 35-year-old Heyward — a first-round pick by the Steelers in 2011 — was about to enter the final season of his current deal.
The six-time Pro Bowler, three-time All-Pro and 2023 Walter Payton Man of the Year winner is coming off an injury-filled season in which he had just two sacks in 11 games. He talked openly Monday about returning to the standard he’d set earlier this decade, when he was one of the best pass-rushing interior linemen in the league.Chiefs’ Travis Kelce finds sanctuary when he steps on the football field with life busier than ever“I’ve had to eat and absorb it,” Heyward said.
Heyward enters 2024 with 80 1/2 sacks, the most ever by a Steelers defensive tackle and the ninth most in NFL history by an interior defensive linemen.
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