PITTSBURGH — Connor Heyward was 12 years old when the Steelers selected his brother Cam in the first round of the 2011 draft. Eleven years later, Connor got to experience the thrill of receiving that same phone call from Steelers coach Mike Tomlin.
Connor Heyward, a tight end from Michigan State, was taken in the sixth round on Saturday, and he managed to have some fun at his brother’s expense when taking the call.
“He walked into my mom’s room,” Cam Heyward relayed Saturday night from his childhood home in Georgia. “He was already [ticked off] the whole day. I walked into the room, and the phone rings. I couldn’t see the number. I looked at the screen and Chicago was up. After he got done with the coach, I asked who it was. He said, ‘Hold on one second.’ And he walked away from me.”
