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Pittsburgh Steeler’s defensive tackle Cameron Heyward entered the year 15 when training camp started for the team in front of the 2025 season and he is still performing at a high level.
Heyward played all 17 games for Steelers last year and recorded 11 passport-breakups and eight sacks on their way to his fourth first-team all-pro election. But with training camp that opens up and says goodbye to his family for a few weeks, it seems to be harder for the 36-year-old.
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Pittsburgh Steeler’s defensive tackle Cameron Heyward (97) participates in exercises during training camp at Saint Vincent College on July 27, 2023 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Charles Leclaire/USA Today Sports)
He expressed it just as much in a social media post on Wednesday.
“The hardest part of the camp is to kiss my children goodbye,” he wrote at X.
Fortunately for Heyward, he has been with Steelers throughout his career and is unlikely to play elsewhere when it winds. Heyward was born in Pittsburgh, but played football in high school in Georgia before attending Ohio State. Steelers chose him in the first round of the 2011 draft, and he has been in the black and gold ever since.
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Pittsburgh Steelers Lineman Cameron Heyward under AFC Practice for Pro Bowl games at Camping World Stadium on February 1, 2025 in Orlando, Florida. (Kirby Lee/Imag- Pictures)
Heyward has 88.5 bags, 718 tackles and 199 QB hits in 211 matches for Steelers.
He is still ready to start on a defensive line expected to include Rookie Derrick Harmon and Keanu Benton. TJ Watt, Patrick Queen, Payton Wilson and Alex Highsmith are likely to be linebackers behind them.
Pittsburgh Steeler’s defensive tackle Cameron Heyward (97) celebrates with fans after a game against Cleveland Browns at Acrisure Stadium on December 8, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Barry Reeger/Imag- Pictures)
Steelers were 10-7 in 2024, which made the end game for the fourth time in five years. Despite the fighting violation, the defense was still first -class. Pittsburgh ranked eighth in allowed points and 12. In yards allowed.
