Eddie Heckard
#5PositionCornerback
Weight190 lbs
Height5-10
ClassSenior
HometownLas Vegas, Nevada
Previous SchoolWeber State
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BYU Highlights
- Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after recovering a fumble for a touchdown and posting an interception in BYU's 27-14 win over Texas Tech on Oct. 21.
- Recorded 10th-career interception (3rd on the season) and second-career fumble recovery in win over Texas Tech
- Named to Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Fourth Team in 2023
- Enters 2023 season with third-highest Pro Football Focus grade among returning Big 12 corners.
Personal
- Mother is Morrissa Trimble
- Has five siblings
- Double major in professional sales and mechanical engineering at Weber State
- Loves to bowl
- Cuts hair
- Knows Oklahoma running backs Jovante Barnes and Tawee Walker from growing up in Las Vegas
- Serves with his uncle's nonprofit, the Thomas Family Foundation. They provide school supplies, bikes and toys to kids in Las Vegas
Before BYU
- Played in 49 career games for the Weber State Wildcats and was part of three teams that won Big Sky Championships and four teams that advanced to the FCS Playoffs
- He earned All-America honors in 2022 and also earned All-Big Sky honors four times, including three first-team honors
- He is one of nine players in Weber State history to earn first-team All-Big Sky honors three times.
- Finished his career with 30 pass breakups, the second-most in Weber State history
- Had seven interceptions, six forced fumbles, and finished with 218 tackles and 13 tackles for loss and four sacks
- Served as a team captain for the Wildcats in 2022 and helped WSU to the second round of the FCS Playoffs
- Earned second-team 2022 All-America honors from the Associated Press
- Earned first-team All-Big Sky honors for the third-straight season last season
- Started all 13 games in. 2022 for the Wildcats and finished with 65 tackles with 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack
- Also had one interception, seven pass breakups and three quarterback hurries last season
- Earned first-team All-Big Sky honors for the second-straight season in 2021
- Started all 11 games in 2021 and had seven pass breakups and one interception
- Recorded 48 total tackles with 35 solo tackles as a sophomore
- Earned first-team All-Big Sky honors during the spring 2021 season (Covid-19) and helped lead the Wildcats to their fourth-straight Big Sky title
- Led the Big Sky with nine pass breakups
- Also had one interception and had 30 tackles with 22 solo tackles in the six-game season
- Started all 15 games and earned second-team All-Big Sky honors during Weber State’s 2019 season, helping WSU win a third-straight Big Sky title and advance to the FCS Semifinals
- Recorded three interceptions during the season, coming in wins over Southern Utah, UC Davis and Montana in the FCS Quarterfinals
- Also had seven pass breakups and finished with 62 tackles with 42 solo tackles and 20 assisted tackles in 2019
- Played for coach Tico Rodriguez at Desert Pines High School