{"id":809158,"date":"2026-03-13T01:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T01:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/809158\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T01:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T01:24:34","slug":"las-vegas-raiders-agree-to-terms-with-former-pittsburgh-steelers-fb-connor-heyward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/809158\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders agree to terms with former Pittsburgh Steelers FB Connor Heyward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Las Vegas Raiders and former Pittsburgh Steelers fullback\/tight end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/connor-heyward-25586\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Heyward<\/a> have agreed to terms on a two-year deal worth a maximum value of $5.5 million, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/2032235667812405665?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ian Rapoport of NFL Network<\/a>. The deal includes $2 million in guarantees. <\/p>\n<p>According to Rapoport, the Steelers wanted Connor Heyward back, the brother of defensive tackle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/cameron-heyward-17861\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Heyward<\/a>. Ultimately, he chose new beginnings in Las Vegas, a chance to play under new Raiders head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/klint-kubiak-75486\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Klint Kubiak<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Heyward, 27, was selected in the sixth round of the 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/pro\/category\/nfl-draft\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL Draft<\/a> out of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/michigan-state-spartans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan State<\/a>. He\u2019s been a member of Pittsburgh\u2019s tight end room for the last four seasons, also seeing time at fullback. <\/p>\n<p>For his career, Heyward has hauled in 44 passes for 379 yards and three touchdowns. This past season, he rushed for 43 yards and the first two scores of his career on the ground. <\/p>\n<p>The Raiders are making moves<\/p>\n<p>He will join a Raiders squad which has undergone major construction in free agency. Las Vegas, which owns the No. 1 overall pick in next month\u2019s draft, had money to spend. So far, they\u2019ve notably signed center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/tyler-linderbaum-117775\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Linderbaum<\/a>, wide receiver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/jalen-nailor-54427\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Nailor<\/a>, linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/nakobe-dean-90975\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nakobe Dean<\/a>, linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/quay-walker-97186\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quay Walker<\/a>, defensive end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/kwity-paye-76299\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kwity Paye<\/a>, cornerback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/taron-johnson-143632\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taron Johnson<\/a>, and cornerback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/eric-stokes-42427\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Stokes<\/a>. Pro Bowl defensive end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/maxx-crosby-86834\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxx Crosby<\/a> is back on the roster \u2014 for now \u2014 after the Baltimore Ravens pulled out of the blockbuster deal. <\/p>\n<p>The Raiders finished 3-14 in 2025 and are making a big effort to turn it around in 2026. Next up is landing their quarterback of the future. The expectation is that they will select <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/indiana-hoosiers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/rivals\/fernando-mendoza-43783\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernando Mendoza<\/a> with the first overall selection. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Las Vegas Raiders and former Pittsburgh Steelers fullback\/tight end Connor Heyward have agreed to terms on a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2065],"tags":[37253,7,1744,393,2455,2454,6,525],"class_list":{"0":"post-809158","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-las-vegas-raiders","8":"tag-connor-heyward-17-peachtree-ridge","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-las-vegas","11":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","12":"tag-lasvegas","13":"tag-lasvegasraiders","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-raiders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116219259372878989","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}