{"id":909402,"date":"2026-07-03T08:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/909402\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:18:17","slug":"dk-metcalf-has-a-new-nickname-for-steelers-rookie-eli-heidenreich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/909402\/","title":{"rendered":"DK Metcalf Has A New Nickname For Steelers Rookie Eli Heidenreich"},"content":{"rendered":"

He\u2019s been a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers for just a few months, but rookie seventh-round draft pick Eli Heidenreich is already drawing plenty of attention and immersing himself in the locker room.<\/p>\n

As a dual-threat offensive weapon who can play running back and even some receiver, Heidenreich sports a new nickname from running backs coach Ramon Chinyoung Sr.<\/p>\n

Chinyoung revealed during Organized Team Activities that he calls Heidenreich a Swiss Navy knife<\/a>, playing on the latter attending the Naval Academy.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not the only nickname he has picked up since joining his hometown team.<\/p>\n

\u201cDK Metcalf, a few weeks ago in practice, he asked me, \u2018Are you okay if I call you Captain America?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Absolutely DK, you can call me Captain America.\u2019 I\u2019m honored,\u201d Heidenreich said on The Ross Tucker Podcast that published Thursday morning, according to video via the show\u2019s YouTube page.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course, the Captain America angle comes from Heidenreich starring at Navy and currently serving as a reservist in the United States Marine Corps. His full focus is on trying to make the Steelers\u2019 53-man roster<\/a> this summer in Latrobe, but it is pretty cool that he\u2019s serving his country in the process.<\/p>\n

It seems to be catching on with teammates and coaches, too.<\/p>\n

Heidenreich isn\u2019t a superhero like Captain America, but it\u2019s cool that a veteran like DK Metcalf knows who he is and gave him a nickname that reflects his respect for Heidenreich. The Pittsburgh native still has a tough road ahead to grab a roster spot, but he\u2019s made an impression on many so far.<\/p>\n

Should he make Pittsburgh\u2019s 53-man roster, it will be interesting to see what nicknames the fans come up for him inside Acrisure Stadium. Maybe Captain America sticks, and instead of the red, white and blue shield, someone can create a black and gold one to fit the Steelers.<\/p>\n

Check out the full Heidenreich interview on the Ross Tucker Podcast below.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s been a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers for just a few months, but rookie seventh-round draft pick…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":909403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[39],"tags":[52867,310578,1232,1545,241658,360523,62,939,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-909402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-dk-metcalf","tag-eli-heidenreich","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-ramon-chinyoung","tag-ross-tucker-podcast","tag-sports","tag-trending","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116855066308503369","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=909402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/909402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/909403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=909402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=909402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=909402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}