Connor Heyward

FB · PIT/LV · 2022–2026

Born January 22, 1999 · College Michigan State · Drafted 2022, round 6, pick 208 (PIT) · 6-0, 230 lb

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2022	PIT	15	2	27	0	13.50	+0.377		50.0	+0.8	+0.06
2023	PIT	12	1	0	0	0.00	−1.867		0.0	−1.9	−0.04
2025	PIT	13	15	43	2	2.87	+0.570		73.3	+8.6	+0.33
2026	LV	7	5	-2	0	-0.40	+0.034	−0.110−0.174 to −0.046	42.9	+0.2	+0.01
Career	LV	56	23	68	2	2.96	+0.307		60.0	+7.7	+0.37

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2022	PIT	15	17	12	151	1	70.6	+0.238	+0.107−0.074 to +0.289	3.5	5.4	+4.1	+0.14
2023	PIT	12	34	23	167	0	67.6	−0.122	+0.086−0.087 to +0.259	9.5	5.1	−4.2	−0.06
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	1	1	5	0	100.0	+0.062		2.6	5.0	+0.1	+0.00
2024	PIT	9	8	6	40	1	75.0	+0.019	+0.130−0.056 to +0.317	3.1	8.4	+0.2	+0.01
2025	PIT	13	4	3	21	1	75.0	+0.353	+0.165−0.025 to +0.354	1.0	6.5	+1.4	+0.01
2026	LV	7	2	2	22	0	100.0	+2.027		0.8	-1.0	+4.1	+0.04
Career	LV	56	65	46	401	3	70.8	+0.085		3.7	5.5	+5.5	+0.15

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
2022	PIT	15	9
2023	PIT	12	3
2024	PIT	9	8
2025	PIT	13	9
2026	LV	7	3
Career	LV	56	32

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 snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2022	PIT	17	172	15.0	–	–
2023	PIT	17	379	36.4	–	–
2023 playoffs	PIT	1	16	24.6	–	–
2024	PIT	17	191	17.2	–	–
2024 playoffs	PIT	1	4	8.9	–	–
2025	PIT	14	78	9.1	1	1.3
2025 playoffs	PIT	1	3	5.3	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	17	70.6	0	0.0	1	100.0
2023	34	79.4	2	7.4	7	28.6
2024	8	87.5	0	0.0	1	0.0
2025	4	100.0	1	25.0	0	–
2026	2	100.0	0	0.0	0	–

Game logs

2026 game log (7 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2026-09-13	vs MIA	W 27–13	1	1	+1.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	2026-09-20	@ LAC	W 26–14	1	1	+2.2	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	2026-09-27	@ NO	W 35–27	0	0	−0.8	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	2026-10-04	vs KC	L 27–30	2	-4	+0.8	1	1	9	+0.7	1
5	2026-10-11	@ NE	L 17–45	0	0	−1.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
7	2026-10-25	vs LA	L 21–35	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	+3.4	1
8	2026-11-01	@ NYJ	W 38–33	1	0	−2.9	0	0	0	0.0	0

2025 game log (13 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
2	2025-09-14	vs SEA	L 17–31	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	+0.0	0
4	2025-09-28	vs MIN	W 24–21	1	2	0	+1.4	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	2025-10-12	vs CLE	W 23–9	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	12	1	+2.2	1
7	2025-10-16	@ CIN	L 31–33	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0	0	−0.7	0
8	2025-10-26	vs GB	L 25–35	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4
9	2025-11-02	vs IND	W 27–20	1	4	0	+1.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	2025-11-09	@ LAC	L 10–25	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	2025-11-16	vs CIN	W 34–12	2	3	0	+2.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	2025-11-23	@ CHI	L 28–31	1	0	0	−3.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	2025-12-07	@ BAL	W 27–22	1	2	0	+2.5	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	2025-12-15	vs MIA	W 28–15	4	4	1	+3.7	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	2025-12-28	@ CLE	L 6–13	2	26	0	+1.3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	2026-01-04	vs BAL	W 26–24	3	2	1	−0.8	1	1	3	0	−0.1	2

2024 game log (9 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
3	2024-09-22	vs LAC	W 20–10	1	1	2	0	−0.6	1
4	2024-09-29	@ IND	L 24–27	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2024-10-06	vs DAL	L 17–20	4	2	23	1	+0.6	0
6	2024-10-13	@ LV	W 32–13	1	1	4	0	−0.3	0
7	2024-10-20	vs NYJ	W 37–15	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
10	2024-11-10	@ WAS	W 28–27	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
16	2024-12-21	@ BAL	L 17–34	1	1	3	0	+0.1	0
17	2024-12-25	vs KC	L 10–29	1	1	8	0	+0.3	1
18	2025-01-04	vs CIN	L 17–19	0	0	0	0	0.0	1

2023 game log (13 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	vs SF	L 7–30	0	0.0	4	2	19	−4.4	0
3	2023-09-24	@ LV	W 23–18	1	−1.9	2	0	0	−1.2	0
5	2023-10-08	vs BAL	W 17–10	0	0.0	4	3	23	+2.9	0
7	2023-10-22	@ LA	W 24–17	0	0.0	3	2	23	+0.9	0
8	2023-10-29	vs JAX	L 10–20	0	0.0	6	5	24	−1.0	0
9	2023-11-02	vs TEN	W 20–16	0	0.0	3	2	16	−0.0	1
10	2023-11-12	vs GB	W 23–19	0	0.0	4	3	32	−0.0	0
12	2023-11-26	@ CIN	W 16–10	0	0.0	2	2	11	−0.8	1
13	2023-12-03	vs ARI	L 10–24	0	0.0	2	0	0	−2.1	0
14	2023-12-07	vs NE	L 18–21	0	0.0	2	2	15	+2.0	0
15	2023-12-16	@ IND	L 13–30	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1
18	2024-01-06	@ BAL	W 17–10	0	0.0	2	2	4	−0.3	0
P19	2024-01-15	@ BUF	L 17–31	0	0.0	1	1	5	+0.1	0

2022 game log (15 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	@ CIN	W 23–20 OT	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
2	2022-09-18	vs NE	L 14–17	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	2022-10-09	@ BUF	L 3–38	0	0	0.0	2	2	12	0	+1.1	0
6	2022-10-16	vs TB	W 20–18	0	0	0.0	3	2	49	0	+2.1	0
7	2022-10-23	@ MIA	L 10–16	0	0	0.0	1	1	6	0	+0.5	0
8	2022-10-30	@ PHI	L 13–35	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2
10	2022-11-13	vs NO	W 20–10	0	0	0.0	2	2	9	0	−0.5	0
11	2022-11-20	vs CIN	L 30–37	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
12	2022-11-28	@ IND	W 24–17	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	2022-12-04	@ ATL	W 19–16	0	0	0.0	1	1	17	1	+2.6	0
14	2022-12-11	vs BAL	L 14–16	0	0	0.0	1	1	13	0	+0.7	0
15	2022-12-18	@ CAR	W 24–16	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
16	2022-12-24	vs LV	W 13–10	1	21	−0.1	3	0	0	0	−7.5	1
17	2023-01-01	@ BAL	W 16–13	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
18	2023-01-08	vs CLE	W 28–14	1	6	+0.8	4	3	45	0	+5.1	0