The annual NFL Top 100 countdown is off and running for 2020 and we’re keeping tabs on all the former Ohio State players that are named to this edition of the list. As always, there are quite a few, but the first former Buckeye appearing this time around is Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive lineman Cameron Heyward. He checks in at No. 84, up four spots from last year’s ranking of No. 88.
Heyward was a force at Ohio State under Jim Tressel, being named a consensus All-American after his freshman season in 2007. He finished his career off in Columbus as a First Team All-Big Ten performer before being drafted by the Steelers in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
Once Heyward reached the NFL, he has developed into one fo the best defensive lineman in the game, using his brut strength, tenacity, and technical skills to provide significant resistance for opposing offensive lines.
He just continues to shine in Pittsburgh and you can bank on him being another dominating presence in the steel city again for the 2020-2021 campaign.
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