Eli Heidenreich
RB/WR
#29
Experience: R
Height: 6-0
Age: 23
Weight: 198 lbs
College: Navy
2026 SEASON
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Kick Return
| YEAR | TEAM | G | RET | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 20+ | 40+ | FC | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 2 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
PRO CAREER
- Has yet to make NFL debut
COLLEGE
- Played three seasons at Navy (2022-25), where he started 30 games and finished his career as the school's all-time leader in career TD catches (16) and career receiving yards (1,994)
- 2025 East-West Shrine All-Start Game
- 2025 All-American Conference Second Team
- 2025 Duke Cannon Offensive Player of the Game (Army-Navy)
- Broke the school record for single-season receiving yards (941) in 2025
- Only player in program history to break the 900-yard receiving milestone and one of two players with 800 or more yards
- His 109 career catches are the second-most in school history
- His 51 receptions in 2025 were the fifth-most in a single-season in school history
PERSONAL
- Attended Mt. Lebanon H.S. (Pittsburgh, Pa.), where he was a two-sport athlete who earned letters in baseball (three) and football (three)
- Three-time All-Conference football performer who was an honorable mention selection as a sophomore, a second-teamer as a junior and first-teamer his senior year
- As a senior, named the Post-Gazette 6A Player of the Year, garnered First-Team All-State (Pa.) and First Team All-Pennsylvania honors and named to the Fab 22, Super 7 and Big 33
- Served as captain of the football team his senior year
- Led Mt. Lebanon to the 2021 Pennsylvania 6A State Championship for the first time in school history with a 15-0 record and the 6A Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) Championship
- Scored 29 TDs, recorded 2,266 all-purpose yards and had 1,330 yards receiving his senior campaign
- Led the team with 60 tackles and four interceptions
- Earned Second-Team All-Conference honors in baseball as a junior
- Member of the National Honor Society
- His grandfather and uncle both served in the Navy
- Service assignment is Marine Corps ground