Steelers, Alex Tecza keep teammate streak with Navy's Eli Heidenreich alive
This is such a cool added narrative.
Steelers, Alex Tecza keep teammate streak with Navy's Eli Heidenreich alive originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Pittsburgh Steelers delivered one of the coolest moments of the 2026 NFL Draft when they picked Navy's Eli Heidenreich in the seventh round.
Heidenreich is a Pittsburgh native who won a state championship at Mt. Lebanon and now brings his multi-faceted skillset to the NFL. The Steelers have now decided they needed one of Heidenreich's teammates.
That is, his nearly lifelong teammate, Alex Tecza. Heidenreich and Tecza have played together all the way up the ladder, and now, the Steelers have signed Tecza for rookie minicamp. The #Steelers are inviting #Navy fullback Alex Tecza, a Mt.
Lebanon native, to rookie minicamp. So Tecza and Eli Heidenreich will be teammates in high school, college and pro, at least for one weekend. https://t.