Eli Heidenreich has a great story after making the Pittsburgh Steelers' 53-man roster post-NFL cut down day-- the Navy running back from Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania picked in the seventh round earlier this year is now No. 3 on the depth chart behind Jaylen Warren and Rico Dowdle.
It's a terrific story for the former WR/RB who could be a kick returner for the franchise. But there are questions being asked about his fantasy football projection on Yahoo's platform -- after a projected quiet Week 1, the Yahoo projections have him going OFF for a ton of points per week.
Is it an error? Either way, it's confusing managers who are doing their drafts this week:
Are we picking up Eli Heidenreich? wtf are these projections?? pic.twitter.com/YpcYSn6X2Q
— ArkansasMcMurray (@arkansas_mc) September 1, 2026
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what appears to be a rough week one, Eli Heidenreich is set to feed some families this season, per @YahooFantasy pic.twitter.com/LSRaFqXhYj
— John Hesterman (@john_hesterman) September 1, 2026
@YahooFantasy Is there something you know about Eli Heidenreich that we don’t? What is with these projections? pic.twitter.com/jGougZUBaW
— Chris Briggs (@crbriggs2250) September 1, 2026
I’m sorry how many projected points is Eli Heidenreich gonna get in fantasy football @YahooFantasy ?? pic.twitter.com/5g5xeQ5CUw
— David M. Corob III (@DMC3SSP) September 1, 2026
We have reached out to Yahoo Sports to find out what happened here with those projections -- we'll update this post when we know more.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Eli Heidenreich fantasy football projections have managers perplexed
