Of his seven career starts, former Pittsburgh Steelers C J.C. Hassenauer snapped the ball to QB Ben Roethlisberger. For both, Week 17 of the 2021 season proved to be their final start at home. Everybody knew that was Roethlisberger’s farewell to Heinz Field, though, and Hassenauer recalls it fondly.
“My best memory with Ben [Roethlisberger] is I was fortunate enough [to be] his center for the last home game at Heinz Field that he played in”, he told the Bolt City podcast. “We were beating them by two or three scores. It was enough for fans to start leaving.