It was a rather difficult 2023 season for veteran Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward, in large part due to injuries.
Though injury issues started right away as he partially tore his groin on the first day of training camp and tried to play through it. Then, in the season-opener against the San Francisco 49ers, Heyward completely tore the groin muscle, knocking him out of the blowout loss to San Francisco at Acrisure Stadium.
That injury caused Heyward to undergo surgery a few days later, landing him on the Reserve/Injured List for six games.
Surprisingly, Heyward battled his way back, returning to the field in six weeks from a 12-week injury.