RB · Pittsburgh Steelers · week 7 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Eli Heidenreich
ROLE a backup
CLASS 2026 · R7 P230
EXP 0 seasons
AGE under 25
DEPTH KR2
As of week 7, Eli Heidenreich was an RB for PIT, age 23.1, a rookie, drafted in round 7. In 2026 through week 6 he had played 2 games on 2% of snaps; his line was 0 rush yards a game, 0 carries a game and 0 receiving yards a game. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
In short
Eli Heidenreich is a backup at kick returner for PIT — 4% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. His team named him inactive in weeks 3 and 4 and 5 and 6. His team has not listed him on the final report.
His team's own announcement
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's published inactive list, on the day.
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Rush yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Carries / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Rec yds / game0.0 range 0.0–0.0
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Snap share2.0% range 0–4
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
4%wk 1
0%wk 2
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
DeShon Elliott
S
FULL
team's word
Questionable
Sebastian Joseph-Day
DE
DNP
team's word
—
Jack Driscoll
OT
UNK
team's word
—
Brandin Echols
CB
DNP
team's word
Out
Ben Skowronek
WR
DNP
team's word
Out
Donte Kent
CB
UNK
team's word
—
Gennings Dunker
G
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Profile — as of week 7
Role
RB4 · 2% snaps
Season
2026 · 2 games through wk 6
Per game
0 rush yards · 0 carries · 0 receiving yards
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 23.1 · rookie · drafted round 7
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.