Steelers' Eli Heidenreich showed what NFL dreams are made of
The talented Navy star is coming to the league.
Steelers' Eli Heidenreich showed what NFL dreams are made of originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Eli Heidenreich already had an agreement reached with a team to sign as an undrafted free agent, he told ESPN's set after the moment that actually began his NFL career.
The seventh round wasn't over. Heidenreich was in attendance, because he's from Pittsburgh, the site of this year's NFL Draft. The Navy star thought there was a good chance he'd be picked on Day 3, and he wanted to be there.
It started to look like that wouldn't happen, but then the Steelers went on the clock, and they called Heidenreich's name, and the rest of the scenes were what NFL dreams are all about. Heidenreich had grown up in this city, grown into a star in this city, grown into a state champion with Mt. Lebanon nearby.
He clearly knew how to wave a Terrible Towel. He'd done that once or twice. And even he couldn't quite believe it.