Heyward’s father, Craig “Ironhead” Heyward, was a star running back at Pitt from 1984-87 and finished fifth in the 1987 Heisman Trophy voting (just behind MSU’s Lorenzo White). Ironhead went on to an 11-year NFL career as a fullback before dying from a brain tumor in 2006 when Connor was seven-years-old.
Source: Detroit Free Press