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Cameron Heyward DE · PIT · 2011–2026
Born May 6, 1989 · College Ohio State · Drafted 2011 , round 1, pick 31 (PIT) · 6-5, 295 lb
Walter Payton Man of the Year (2023) · 1st-team All-Pro ×4 (2017, 2019, 2021, 2024) · 2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2020, 2025) · Pro Bowl ×7 (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Defence Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
Season Team G Tackles Sacks QB hits Tackles INT Passes Forced
2011 PIT 8 11 1.0 3 0 0 1 1 2011 playoffs PIT 1 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2012 PIT 11 20 1.5 3 2 0 0 0 2013 PIT 16 59 5.0 10 7 0 7 0 2014 PIT 16 53 7.5 16 11 0 4 0 2014 playoffs PIT 1 2 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 2015 PIT 16 54 7.0 13 15 0 2 1 2015 playoffs PIT 1 1 1.0 4 0 0 0 1 2016 PIT 7 20 3.0 5 4 0 4 0 2017 PIT 15 45 12.0 22 16 0 3 2 2017 playoffs PIT 1 1 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 2018 PIT 15 51 8.0 18 10 0 3 1 2019 PIT 16 83 9.0 23 11 0 6 1 2020 PIT 15 54 4.0 19 7 1 3 0 2020 playoffs PIT 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 2021 PIT 17 89 10.0 17 15 1 9 1 2021 playoffs PIT 1 4 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 2022 PIT 17 74 10.5 23 14 0 4 1 2023 PIT 10 33 2.0 3 6 0 1 0 2023 playoffs PIT 1 6 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 2024 PIT 17 71 8.0 20 12 0 11 0 2024 playoffs PIT 1 10 0.0 0 2 0 0 0 2025 PIT 17 78 3.5 9 9 0 6 1 2025 playoffs PIT 1 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2026 PIT 8 28 2.5 8 3 0 6 1 Career PIT 221 823 94.5 212 142 2 70 10
Honours Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0 ), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
Season Honours
2017 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2018 Pro Bowl 2019 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2020 2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2021 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2022 Pro Bowl 2023 Walter Payton Man of the Year 2024 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl 2025 2nd-team All-Pro
Playing time Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0 . Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
Season Team G Offensive Share of the Defensive Share of the
2016 PIT 7 – – 357 77.4 2017 PIT 15 – – 770 85.3 2017 playoffs PIT 1 – – 52 86.7 2018 PIT 16 1 1.3 827 80.3 2019 PIT 16 – – 865 80.5 2020 PIT 15 – – 798 83.1 2020 playoffs PIT 1 – – 59 92.2 2021 PIT 17 1 1.4 947 82.0 2021 playoffs PIT 1 – – 45 69.2 2022 PIT 17 – – 785 75.2 2023 PIT 11 – – 437 64.7 2023 playoffs PIT 1 – – 54 81.8 2024 PIT 17 – – 769 71.5 2024 playoffs PIT 1 – – 58 80.6 2025 PIT 17 3 4.0 807 70.7 2025 playoffs PIT 1 – – 51 75.0
Game logs 2026 game log (8 games) 2026 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2026-09-13 vs ATL W 20–13 3 0.0 0 3 2 2026-09-20 @ NE L 3–20 3 0.0 0 1 3 2026-09-27 vs CIN W 30–27 1 0.0 0 0 4 2026-10-01 @ CLE L 24–27 7 0.0 0 0 5 2026-10-11 vs IND W 34–22 3 1.0 0 0 6 2026-10-18 @ TB W 26–19 OT 3 0.0 0 0 7 2026-10-25 @ NO W 16–10 2 0.0 0 1 8 2026-11-01 vs CLE W 27–6 6 1.5 0 1
2025 game log (18 games) 2025 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2025-09-07 @ NYJ W 34–32 3 0.0 0 1 2 2025-09-14 vs SEA L 17–31 5 0.0 0 1 3 2025-09-21 @ NE W 21–14 6 1.0 0 1 4 2025-09-28 vs MIN W 24–21 0 0.0 0 0 6 2025-10-12 vs CLE W 23–9 2 0.0 0 0 7 2025-10-16 @ CIN L 31–33 3 0.5 0 0 8 2025-10-26 vs GB L 25–35 7 0.0 0 0 9 2025-11-02 vs IND W 27–20 4 0.0 0 2 10 2025-11-09 @ LAC L 10–25 6 0.0 0 1 11 2025-11-16 vs CIN W 34–12 5 0.0 0 0 12 2025-11-23 @ CHI L 28–31 3 0.0 0 0 13 2025-11-30 vs BUF L 7–26 8 0.0 0 0 14 2025-12-07 @ BAL W 27–22 5 0.0 0 0 15 2025-12-15 vs MIA W 28–15 5 1.0 0 0 16 2025-12-21 @ DET W 29–24 4 1.0 0 0 17 2025-12-28 @ CLE L 6–13 5 0.0 0 0 18 2026-01-04 vs BAL W 26–24 7 0.0 0 0 P19 2026-01-12 vs HOU L 6–30 3 0.0 0 0
2024 game log (18 games) 2024 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2024-09-08 @ ATL W 18–10 4 0.0 0 0 2 2024-09-15 @ DEN W 13–6 3 0.0 0 0 3 2024-09-22 vs LAC W 20–10 4 1.0 0 0 4 2024-09-29 @ IND L 24–27 6 1.0 0 0 5 2024-10-06 vs DAL L 17–20 4 0.0 0 0 6 2024-10-13 @ LV W 32–13 4 1.0 0 0 7 2024-10-20 vs NYJ W 37–15 2 0.0 0 1 8 2024-10-28 vs NYG W 26–18 6 0.0 0 1 10 2024-11-10 @ WAS W 28–27 2 2.0 0 1 11 2024-11-17 vs BAL W 18–16 4 0.0 0 2 12 2024-11-21 @ CLE L 19–24 6 0.0 0 2 13 2024-12-01 @ CIN W 44–38 5 1.0 0 1 14 2024-12-08 vs CLE W 27–14 5 2.0 0 0 15 2024-12-15 @ PHI L 13–27 5 0.0 0 0 16 2024-12-21 @ BAL L 17–34 6 0.0 0 0 17 2024-12-25 vs KC L 10–29 4 0.0 0 0 18 2025-01-04 vs CIN L 17–19 1 0.0 0 3 P19 2025-01-11 @ BAL L 14–28 10 0.0 0 0
2023 game log (11 games) 2023 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2023-09-10 vs SF L 7–30 0 0.0 0 0 9 2023-11-02 vs TEN W 20–16 6 0.0 0 0 10 2023-11-12 vs GB W 23–19 3 0.0 0 0 11 2023-11-19 @ CLE L 10–13 5 0.0 0 0 12 2023-11-26 @ CIN W 16–10 4 1.0 0 0 13 2023-12-03 vs ARI L 10–24 1 0.0 0 0 14 2023-12-07 vs NE L 18–21 6 1.0 0 0 15 2023-12-16 @ IND L 13–30 5 0.0 0 0 17 2023-12-31 @ SEA W 30–23 1 0.0 0 1 18 2024-01-06 @ BAL W 17–10 2 0.0 0 0 P19 2024-01-15 @ BUF L 17–31 6 0.0 0 0
2022 game log (17 games) 2022 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2022-09-11 @ CIN W 23–20 OT 2 1.0 0 0 2 2022-09-18 vs NE L 14–17 5 0.0 0 1 3 2022-09-22 @ CLE L 17–29 7 0.0 0 0 4 2022-10-02 vs NYJ L 20–24 2 0.0 0 0 5 2022-10-09 @ BUF L 3–38 5 0.0 0 0 6 2022-10-16 vs TB W 20–18 3 1.0 0 0 7 2022-10-23 @ MIA L 10–16 5 0.0 0 0 8 2022-10-30 @ PHI L 13–35 2 1.0 0 0 10 2022-11-13 vs NO W 20–10 3 0.0 0 0 11 2022-11-20 vs CIN L 30–37 7 1.0 0 0 12 2022-11-28 @ IND W 24–17 1 0.0 0 0 13 2022-12-04 @ ATL W 19–16 4 1.0 0 1 14 2022-12-11 vs BAL L 14–16 6 0.0 0 0 15 2022-12-18 @ CAR W 24–16 3 1.5 0 0 16 2022-12-24 vs LV W 13–10 7 2.0 0 1 17 2023-01-01 @ BAL W 16–13 4 0.0 0 0 18 2023-01-08 vs CLE W 28–14 8 2.0 0 1
2021 game log (18 games) 2021 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2021-09-12 @ BUF W 23–16 4 1.0 0 2 2 2021-09-19 vs LV L 17–26 7 0.0 0 1 3 2021-09-26 vs CIN L 10–24 5 0.0 0 0 4 2021-10-03 @ GB L 17–27 8 0.0 0 0 5 2021-10-10 vs DEN W 27–19 3 0.0 0 2 6 2021-10-17 vs SEA W 23–20 OT 9 1.0 0 0 8 2021-10-31 @ CLE W 15–10 4 0.5 0 0 9 2021-11-08 vs CHI W 29–27 2 0.0 1 1 10 2021-11-14 vs DET T 16–16 OT 5 2.0 0 0 11 2021-11-21 @ LAC L 37–41 2 0.0 0 1 12 2021-11-28 @ CIN L 10–41 8 1.0 0 0 13 2021-12-05 vs BAL W 20–19 4 1.0 0 0 14 2021-12-09 @ MIN L 28–36 6 0.0 0 0 15 2021-12-19 vs TEN W 19–13 6 0.5 0 0 16 2021-12-26 @ KC L 10–36 6 1.0 0 0 17 2022-01-03 vs CLE W 26–14 4 1.0 0 2 18 2022-01-09 @ BAL W 16–13 OT 6 1.0 0 0 P19 2022-01-16 @ KC L 21–42 4 0.0 0 0
2020 game log (16 games) 2020 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2020-09-14 @ NYG W 26–16 1 0.0 1 1 2 2020-09-20 vs DEN W 26–21 3 0.5 0 0 3 2020-09-27 vs HOU W 28–21 2 0.0 0 0 5 2020-10-11 vs PHI W 38–29 2 1.0 0 0 6 2020-10-18 vs CLE W 38–7 8 0.0 0 0 7 2020-10-25 @ TEN W 27–24 2 0.0 0 0 8 2020-11-01 @ BAL W 28–24 5 0.0 0 0 9 2020-11-08 @ DAL W 24–19 4 0.5 0 0 10 2020-11-15 vs CIN W 36–10 2 0.0 0 0 11 2020-11-22 @ JAX W 27–3 5 0.0 0 0 12 2020-12-02 vs BAL W 19–14 2 1.0 0 0 13 2020-12-07 vs WAS L 17–23 3 0.0 0 1 14 2020-12-13 @ BUF L 15–26 3 0.0 0 1 15 2020-12-21 @ CIN L 17–27 7 0.0 0 0 16 2020-12-27 vs IND W 28–24 5 1.0 0 0 P18 2021-01-10 vs CLE L 37–48 1 0.0 0 1
2019 game log (16 games) 2019 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2019-09-08 @ NE L 3–33 7 0.0 0 0 2 2019-09-15 vs SEA L 26–28 3 0.0 0 1 3 2019-09-22 @ SF L 20–24 5 0.0 0 0 4 2019-09-30 vs CIN W 27–3 6 2.5 0 0 5 2019-10-06 vs BAL L 23–26 OT 4 1.0 0 0 6 2019-10-13 @ LAC W 24–17 3 0.0 0 0 8 2019-10-28 vs MIA W 27–14 6 1.0 0 1 9 2019-11-03 vs IND W 26–24 6 0.0 0 0 10 2019-11-10 vs LA W 17–12 3 1.0 0 2 11 2019-11-14 @ CLE L 7–21 6 0.0 0 0 12 2019-11-24 @ CIN W 16–10 6 1.0 0 0 13 2019-12-01 vs CLE W 20–13 6 0.5 0 0 14 2019-12-08 @ ARI W 23–17 3 1.0 0 0 15 2019-12-15 vs BUF L 10–17 9 0.0 0 1 16 2019-12-22 @ NYJ L 10–16 6 0.0 0 0 17 2019-12-29 @ BAL L 10–28 4 1.0 0 1
2018 game log (15 games) 2018 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2018-09-09 @ CLE T 21–21 OT 7 1.0 0 0 2 2018-09-16 vs KC L 37–42 3 0.0 0 0 3 2018-09-24 @ TB W 30–27 1 0.0 0 0 4 2018-09-30 vs BAL L 14–26 5 0.0 0 0 5 2018-10-07 vs ATL W 41–17 3 1.5 0 0 8 2018-10-28 vs CLE W 33–18 1 0.0 0 0 9 2018-11-04 @ BAL W 23–16 1 0.0 0 0 10 2018-11-08 vs CAR W 52–21 3 2.0 0 0 11 2018-11-18 @ JAX W 20–16 5 1.0 0 0 12 2018-11-25 @ DEN L 17–24 3 0.5 0 1 13 2018-12-02 vs LAC L 30–33 4 0.0 0 1 14 2018-12-09 @ LV L 21–24 6 0.0 0 0 15 2018-12-16 vs NE W 17–10 4 0.0 0 0 16 2018-12-23 @ NO L 28–31 3 0.0 0 1 17 2018-12-30 vs CIN W 16–13 2 2.0 0 0
2017 game log (16 games) 2017 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2017-09-10 @ CLE W 21–18 3 1.0 0 0 2 2017-09-17 vs MIN W 26–9 6 0.0 0 0 3 2017-09-24 @ CHI L 17–23 OT 3 0.0 0 0 4 2017-10-01 @ BAL W 26–9 4 2.0 0 0 5 2017-10-08 vs JAX L 9–30 2 0.0 0 0 6 2017-10-15 @ KC W 19–13 2 0.0 0 0 7 2017-10-22 vs CIN W 29–14 4 1.0 0 0 8 2017-10-29 @ DET W 20–15 3 1.0 0 0 10 2017-11-12 @ IND W 20–17 2 0.0 0 0 11 2017-11-16 vs TEN W 40–17 3 2.0 0 0 12 2017-11-26 vs GB W 31–28 6 2.0 0 0 13 2017-12-04 @ CIN W 23–20 1 0.0 0 1 14 2017-12-10 vs BAL W 39–38 1 0.0 0 1 15 2017-12-17 vs NE L 24–27 1 1.0 0 1 16 2017-12-25 @ HOU W 34–6 4 2.0 0 0 P19 2018-01-14 vs JAX L 42–45 1 0.0 0 0
2016 game log (7 games) 2016 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2016-09-12 @ WAS W 38–16 2 0.0 0 0 2 2016-09-18 vs CIN W 24–16 2 0.0 0 2 3 2016-09-25 @ PHI L 3–34 5 0.0 0 0 4 2016-10-02 vs KC W 43–14 6 3.0 0 2 5 2016-10-09 vs NYJ W 31–13 1 0.0 0 0 9 2016-11-06 @ BAL L 14–21 2 0.0 0 0 10 2016-11-13 vs DAL L 30–35 2 0.0 0 0
2015 game log (17 games) 2015 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2015-09-10 @ NE L 21–28 4 0.0 0 0 2 2015-09-20 vs SF W 43–18 5 1.0 0 0 3 2015-09-27 @ LA W 12–6 1 0.0 0 0 4 2015-10-01 vs BAL L 20–23 OT 7 1.0 0 0 5 2015-10-12 @ LAC W 24–20 1 0.0 0 0 6 2015-10-18 vs ARI W 25–13 2 0.0 0 0 7 2015-10-25 @ KC L 13–23 4 1.0 0 0 8 2015-11-01 vs CIN L 10–16 3 0.0 0 1 9 2015-11-08 vs LV W 38–35 8 0.0 0 0 10 2015-11-15 vs CLE W 30–9 3 1.0 0 0 12 2015-11-29 @ SEA L 30–39 3 1.0 0 0 13 2015-12-06 vs IND W 45–10 2 0.0 0 0 14 2015-12-13 @ CIN W 33–20 2 1.0 0 1 15 2015-12-20 vs DEN W 34–27 2 1.0 0 0 16 2015-12-27 @ BAL L 17–20 6 0.0 0 0 17 2016-01-03 @ CLE W 28–12 1 0.0 0 0 P18 2016-01-09 @ CIN W 18–16 1 1.0 0 0
2014 game log (17 games) 2014 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2014-09-07 vs CLE W 30–27 4 1.0 0 0 2 2014-09-11 @ BAL L 6–26 7 0.0 0 0 3 2014-09-21 @ CAR W 37–19 1 0.0 0 0 4 2014-09-28 vs TB L 24–27 2 1.0 0 0 5 2014-10-05 @ JAX W 17–9 1 0.0 0 0 6 2014-10-12 @ CLE L 10–31 4 1.0 0 0 7 2014-10-20 vs HOU W 30–23 3 0.0 0 0 8 2014-10-26 vs IND W 51–34 0 0.0 0 1 9 2014-11-02 vs BAL W 43–23 2 0.0 0 0 10 2014-11-09 @ NYJ L 13–20 6 1.0 0 0 11 2014-11-17 @ TEN W 27–24 2 0.0 0 0 13 2014-11-30 vs NO L 32–35 4 0.0 0 1 14 2014-12-07 @ CIN W 42–21 4 1.0 0 0 15 2014-12-14 @ ATL W 27–20 2 0.0 0 1 16 2014-12-21 vs KC W 20–12 4 1.5 0 0 17 2014-12-28 vs CIN W 27–17 7 1.0 0 1 P18 2015-01-03 vs BAL L 17–30 2 0.0 0 0
2013 game log (16 games) 2013 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2013-09-08 vs TEN L 9–16 1 0.0 0 0 2 2013-09-16 @ CIN L 10–20 0 0.0 0 1 3 2013-09-22 vs CHI L 23–40 1 0.0 0 0 4 2013-09-29 @ MIN L 27–34 0 0.0 0 1 6 2013-10-13 @ NYJ W 19–6 2 0.0 0 0 7 2013-10-20 vs BAL W 19–16 1 0.0 0 0 8 2013-10-27 @ LV L 18–21 6 0.0 0 1 9 2013-11-03 @ NE L 31–55 5 1.0 0 0 10 2013-11-10 vs BUF W 23–10 6 1.0 0 0 11 2013-11-17 vs DET W 37–27 6 0.0 0 2 12 2013-11-24 @ CLE W 27–11 2 1.0 0 0 13 2013-11-28 @ BAL L 20–22 7 0.0 0 0 14 2013-12-08 vs MIA L 28–34 10 1.0 0 1 15 2013-12-15 vs CIN W 30–20 3 0.0 0 0 16 2013-12-22 @ GB W 38–31 6 0.0 0 1 17 2013-12-29 vs CLE W 20–7 3 1.0 0 0
2012 game log (11 games) 2012 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2012-09-09 @ DEN L 19–31 3 0.0 0 0 2 2012-09-16 vs NYJ W 27–10 1 1.0 0 0 6 2012-10-11 @ TEN L 23–26 1 0.0 0 0 7 2012-10-21 @ CIN W 24–17 1 0.0 0 0 8 2012-10-28 vs WAS W 27–12 3 0.0 0 0 11 2012-11-18 vs BAL L 10–13 2 0.0 0 0 12 2012-11-25 @ CLE L 14–20 1 0.0 0 0 14 2012-12-09 vs LAC L 24–34 1 0.0 0 0 15 2012-12-16 @ DAL L 24–27 OT 1 0.0 0 0 16 2012-12-23 vs CIN L 10–13 2 0.0 0 0 17 2012-12-30 vs CLE W 24–10 4 0.5 0 0
2011 game log (9 games) 2011 game log Week Date Opponent Result Tackles Sacks INT PD
1 2011-09-11 @ BAL L 7–35 1 0.0 0 0 4 2011-10-02 @ HOU L 10–17 2 0.0 0 0 5 2011-10-09 vs TEN W 38–17 2 1.0 0 0 12 2011-11-27 @ KC W 13–9 2 0.0 0 0 13 2011-12-04 vs CIN W 35–7 1 0.0 0 0 14 2011-12-08 vs CLE W 14–3 0 0.0 0 0 15 2011-12-19 @ SF L 3–20 0 0.0 0 1 16 2011-12-24 vs LA W 27–0 3 0.0 0 0 P18 2012-01-08 @ DEN L 23–29 OT 4 0.0 0 0
Data through 2026 week 9. Play-by-play, schedules, rosters and player details: nflverse (CC BY 4.0). EPA is nflfastR’s; WPA is our model’s. Stabilised rates and 90% intervals: see the leaderboards’ notes.