In case you were wondering, yes, Pittsburgh Steelers rookie Connor Heyward really is working with the tight ends right now, something that he talked about a bit in an interview with Missi Matthews on the team’s website recently. Notably, there was also a recent photo of the entire running back room with coach Eddie Faulkner, which included not only the two college free agent rookie backs, but also fullback Derek Watt—and not Heyward.
After the Steelers drafted him, it was tight ends coach Alfredo Roberts who came out to speak to the media about him, and he said at that time that they were going to start him there, even if they ultimately expect him to do a variety of things—but the core of his instruction will be in that tight end room.