Craig Heyward

Heyward, Craig William (Ironhead)
Height: 5-11 Weight: 264
Born: September 26, 1966 Passaic, NJ
Died: May 27, 2006 Atlanta, GA
High School: Passaic (NJ)

Year	College	Participation
1984	Pittsburgh	Lettered
1985	Pittsburgh	Did Not Play
1986	Pittsburgh	Lettered
1987	Pittsburgh	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (24th overall) 1988 New Orleans Saints

Relatives: Father of Cam Heyward; father of Connor Heyward

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL	45	FB	11	8
1989 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1989 NO NFL	34	FB	16	6
1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1990 NO NFL	34	FB	16	15
1991 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1991 NO NFL	34	FB	7	4
1992 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1992 NO NFL	34	FB	16	13
1993 Chicago Bears (NFL)1993 CHIB NFL	35	FB	16	14
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL	34	RB	16	11
1995 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1995 ATL NFL	34	RB	16	16
1996 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1996 ATL NFL	34	RB-FB	15	5
1997 St. Louis Rams (NFL)1997 STL NFL	34	FB	16	12
1998 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1998 IND NFL	33	RB	4	3
11 Years (NFL)11 Years NFL			149	107

Team	Date	Transaction
1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)New Orleans Saints	4/24/1988	Draft
1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)New Orleans Saints	7/8/1988	Signed
1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL)New Orleans Saints	2/1/1991	Free Agent (Plan B)
1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL)New Orleans Saints	7/12/1991	Signed
1991 New Orleans Saints (NFL)New Orleans Saints	11/6/1991	Injured Reserve
1991 New Orleans Saints (NFL)New Orleans Saints	12/11/1991	Reserve/Suspended
1992 New Orleans Saints (NFL)New Orleans Saints	3/1/1993	Free Agent
1993 Chicago Bears (NFL)Chicago Bears	4/11/1993	Signed
1993 Chicago Bears (NFL)Chicago Bears	4/26/1994	Released
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)Atlanta Falcons	6/21/1994	Signed
1996 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)Atlanta Falcons	2/14/1997	Free Agent
1997 St. Louis Rams (NFL)St. Louis Rams	3/6/1997	Signed
1998 St. Louis Rams (NFL)St. Louis Rams	7/24/1998	Reserve/Did Not Report
1998 St. Louis Rams (NFL)St. Louis Rams	9/2/1998	Released
1998 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)Indianapolis Colts	10/8/1998	Signed
1998 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)Indianapolis Colts	11/9/1998	Injured Reserve
1998 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)Indianapolis Colts	2/12/1999	Free Agent

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1989 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1989 NO NFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	6
1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1990 NO NFL	4	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	24
1991 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1991 NO NFL	5	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	30
1992 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1992 NO NFL	3	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		-	0	18
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL	8	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	48
1995 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1995 ATL NFL	8	0	0		0		-	0	0		-	0	48
1996 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1996 ATL NFL	3	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	18
1997 St. Louis Rams (NFL)1997 STL NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	34	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	204

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL	74	355	4.8	73t	1				0
1989 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1989 NO NFL	49	183	3.7	15	1		0	0
1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1990 NO NFL	129	599	4.6	47t	4
1991 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1991 NO NFL	76	260	3.4	15	4	20	0	0	0
1992 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1992 NO NFL	104	416	4.0	23	3	27	3	0	0
1993 Chicago Bears (NFL)1993 CHIB NFL	68	206	3.0	11	0	13	0	0	1
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL	183	779	4.3	17	7	42	0	0	4
1995 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1995 ATL NFL	236	1083	4.6	31	6	64	3	0	3
1996 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1996 ATL NFL	72	321	4.5	34	3	16	1	0	0
1997 St. Louis Rams (NFL)1997 STL NFL	34	84	2.5	8	1	5	0	0	1
1998 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1998 IND NFL	6	15	2.5	8	0	2	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1031	4301	4.2	73t	30	189	7	0	9

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1990 NO NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
1991 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1991 NO NFL	1	1	100.0	0	44	44.0	44.0	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	1	1	118.8
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	1	50.0	0	44	22.0	44.0	44	0	0.0	1	50.0	0	0	1	1	1	56.3

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	YAC	FUM
1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL		13		105	8.1	18	0		0	0		0
1989 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1989 NO NFL		13		69	5.3	12	0		0	0
1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1990 NO NFL		18		121	6.7	12	0		0	0
1991 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1991 NO NFL		4		34	8.5	22t	1	1	1	0		0
1992 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1992 NO NFL		19		159	8.4	21	0	7	2	0		1
1993 Chicago Bears (NFL)1993 CHIB NFL		16		132	8.3	20	0	6	1	0		0
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL		32		335	10.5	34	1	16	3	0		1
1995 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1995 ATL NFL		37		350	9.5	25	2	21	4	0		0
1996 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1996 ATL NFL		16		168	10.5	25	0	8	4	0		0
1997 St. Louis Rams (NFL)1997 STL NFL		8		77	9.6	25	0	4	1	0		0
1998 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1998 IND NFL		1		9	9.0	9	0	0	0	0		0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		177		1559	8.8	34	4	63	16	0		2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1996 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1996 ATL NFL	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1990 NO NFL	1	0	12	12.0	12	0	0	0
1992 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1992 NO NFL	1	0	14	14.0	14	0	0	0	0
1993 Chicago Bears (NFL)1993 CHIB NFL	1	0	12	12.0	12	0	0	0	0
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL	1	0	7	7.0	7	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1996 ATL NFL	1	0	18	18.0	18	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	0	63	12.6	18	0	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1988 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1988 NO NFL	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
1989 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1989 NO NFL	2		1	0	1	0	0
1990 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1990 NO NFL	3		0	0	0	0	0
1992 New Orleans Saints (NFL)1992 NO NFL	1		1	0	1	0	0
1993 Chicago Bears (NFL)1993 CHIB NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
1994 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1994 ATL NFL	5		2	0	2	0	0
1995 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)1995 ATL NFL	3		3	0	3	0	0
1997 St. Louis Rams (NFL)1997 STL NFL	1		0	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	16	0	8	0	8	0	0