Steelers select Heidenreich in seventh round

• At Navy: Enters the autumn as a starter at snipe … a starter in 17 video games throughout his profession (0 Fr // 4 So // 13 Jr) … has 10-career landing receptions which is tied for the third most in program historical past and probably the most since Jamir Tillman had 10 from 2013-16 … the college report is 13 (Phil McConkey, 1975-78 and Rob Taylor, 1965-67) … averaging 18.8 yards per catch in his profession (51 catches / 960 yds) which is the Sixth-best common in faculty historical past … ranked as one of many prime 100 faculty soccer gamers in 2025 by College Football Network … a menace to take it to the home each time he touches the ball whether or not or not it’s on the bottom or by way of the air … he has earned 2 varsity letters.

• 2024: His 6 landing receptions in 2024 tied for probably the most in faculty historical past (6 by Ryan Read 1998, Chris Weiler 1984, Phil McConkey 1978, Rob Taylor 1967) … he had a landing catch in 4-straight video games and appeared like it could be 5-straight as he caught a landing move towards Air Force that ended up getting known as again … he’s the primary Navy participant to have a landing catch in 4-straight video games since Jamir Tillman in 2015 … he’s Navy’s first receiver with back-to-back 100-yard receiving video games since Jamir Tillman had 162 yards at Houston and 102 yards towards Army in 2015 … both Heidenreich or Alex Tecza have scored a landing for Navy in 18 of the final 23 video games (they’ve scored in the identical sport 5 instances) … Heidenreich has 14-career touchdowns (4 rush, 10 rec.), whereas Tecza has 15 (13 rush, 2 rec.) … Heidenreich was the #2-rated receiver amongst all place gamers (min. of fifty targets) by Pro Football Focus … a starter in all 13 video games, he was the staff’s main receiver with 671 yards and 6 touchdowns on 39 catches (17.2 yds / catch, 51.6 yds / gm) … stood third on the staff in dashing, averaging 34.2 yards per sport and 6.8 yards per carry … he rushed for 444 yards and three touchdowns on 65 carries … caught 2 passes for 22 yards and rushed for 23 yards on 4 carries in Navy’s win over Oklahoma in the Armed Forces Bowl … additionally attemped his second move of the season and third of his profession … caught a 52-yard landing move from Blake Horvath in the Mids’ win over Army, topping 1,000 yards receiving for his profession … it was his Sixth receiving landing of the season, tying the college report for single-season touchdowns (together with 4 different gamers / final by Ryan Read in 1998) … additionally carried the ball 6 instances for 19 yards towards the Black Knights … rushed for 82 yards and a landing on 9 carries at East Carolina … posted a career-best 6 catches for 41 yards towards the Pirates … led Navy in dashing at USF with 6 carries for 84 yards and a 60-yard landing which was a career-long run … returned 2 punts for 13 yards, together with an extended of 14 yards … Navy’s main receiver at Rice with 3 catches for 56 yards … rushed for 51 yards and a landing on a career-high 11 carries towards #12 Notre Dame … it was his first dashing landing of the season and simply the second of his profession … additionally caught 2 passes for 10 yards … liable for 1 of Navy’s 5 fumbles towards the Irish, muffing a punt … carried the ball simply twice for 7 yards and caught 3 passes for 36 yards in Navy’s Homecoming win over Charlotte … named to the Paul Hornung Award National Player of the Week Honor Roll after carrying the ball 6 instances for a career-high 100 yards and catching 5 passes for 101 yards in the win at Air Force … he’s the primary participant in program historical past with 100 yards dashing AND receiving in the identical sport … it was his first-career 100-yard dashing efficiency … caught 3 passes for 108 yards and a career-long 74-yard landing move from Blake Horvath … he’s Navy’s first 100-yard receiver since Vincent Terrell Jr. had 114 yards at East Carolina on Sept. 24, 2022 … additionally rushed for twenty-four yards on 4 carries towards the Blazers … carried the ball instances for 41 yards, whereas catching 4 passes for 68 yards towards Memphis … caught a 39-yard move from Blake Horvath … additionally tried simply his second-career move in the win towards the Tigers … caught 4 passes for a career-high 98 yards, together with a 31-yard landing in the win over Temple in the AAC opener … additionally had a season-long 51-yard reception … accounted for 98 of the Mids’ 112 yards receiving … additionally contributed a pair of tackles on particular groups … carried the ball twice for 7 yards and caught 4 passes for 74 yards and a pair of touchdowns towards Bucknell in the opener … had landing receptions of 9 (Blake Horvath QB) and 20 yards (Braxton Woodson QB) … he’s the primary Navy participant with 2 landing receptions in the identical sport since Chance Warren at Temple on Nov. 27, 2021 … additionally linked with Blake Horvath for a 2-point conversion … made his debut because the Mids’ punt returner, returning 2 for 32 yards together with an extended of 23.

• 2023: A starter in 4 of the 12 video games in which he performed … carried the ball 27 instances for 214 yards (7.9 yds/carry, 17.8 yds/gm) and a landing … led the staff in receiving with 19 catches for 382 yards (20.1 yds/catch, 31.8 yds/gm) and 4 touchdowns … caught a career-best 4 passes for 56 yards towards Army and in addition failed to finish his first-collegiate halfback move … carried the ball a career-best 8 instances for 54 yards and had 1 reception for six yards at SMU … caught 2 passes for 53 yards, together with a 49-yarder from Xavier Arline in the win over East Carolina … carried the ball 5 instances for 60 yards towards UAB, whereas additionally catching 3 passes for 26 yards … had 2 catches for 63 yards, together with a 24-yard landing reception from Xavier Arline towards Temple … contributed a particular groups deal with towards the Owls … caught 3 passes for 22 yards, together with a 10-yard landing reception towards Air Force … rushed for 14 yards on 3 carries at Charlotte, whereas his lone reception was good for a 69-yard landing from Braxton Woodson … it was the longest reception by the Mids this season … carried the ball as soon as for a 7-yard achieve towards North Texas … caught a 68-yard move towards USF for his first-career receiving landing … it was the longest reception by a Navy participant since Myles Fells’ 73-yard TD reception from Tyger Goslin towards Air Force on Oct. 3, 2020 … made his first-collegiate begin in the Mids’ AAC opener towards Memphis the place he caught the first-2 passes of his profession for 19 yards together with an extended of 13 … led Navy in dashing towards Wagner in the house opener, carrying the ball 4 instances for 66 yards… the majority of his yards got here on a 46-yard rush for his first-collegiate landing… made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ opener towards Notre Dame the place he carried the ball 3 instances for 12 yards.

• 2022: Did not see any varsity motion.

• High School / Personal: A 2022 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, Pa., Heidenreich was a two-sport athlete who earned letters in baseball (3) and soccer (3) … three-time All-Conference soccer performer who was an honorable point out choice as a sophomore, a second-teamer as a junior and first-teamer his senior yr … as a senior, named the Post-Gazette 6A Player of the Year, garnered First-Team All-State (Pa.) and First-Team All-Pennsylvania honors and named to the Fab 22, Super 7 and Big 33 … served as captain of the soccer staff his senior yr … led Mt. Lebanon HS to the 2021 Pennsylvania 6A State Championship for the primary time in faculty historical past with a 15-0 report and the 6A Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) Championship … scored 29 touchdowns, recorded 2,266 all-purpose yards and had 1,330 yards receiving his senior marketing campaign … moreover, he led the staff with 60 tackles and 4 interceptions … additionally earned Second-Team All-Conference honors in baseball as a junior … member of the National Honor Society … highschool teammate of present Navy senior operating again Alex Tecza … his grandfather and uncle each served in the Navy … son of David and Tara Heidenreich … majoring in cyber operations.