Leading up to the draft, much was made of the NFL bloodline-traits that the team has seemed to pattern in recent years, with the Watt, Edmunds and Davis brothers. This afternoon, the team predictably followed suit yet again, nabbing All-Pro Cameron Heyward’s little brother, Connor, a tight end/H-back out of Michigan State in the sixth round.
He is a promising talent, and seems to be the true definition of a jack-of-all-trades type of player. When asked if outgoing GM Kevin Colbert and himself had given Cam any indication of their pick, Tomlin’s response elicited laughter from the press.