Landon Robinson and Eli Heidenreich become first Navy duo to be selected in the NFL Draft since 1956 [USNA '26]
Nose guard Landon Robinson '26 and running back / wide receiver Eli Heidenreich '26 became the first Navy duo to be drafted in the same NFL draft since 1956 (George Welsh '56 and Ronald Beagle '56 by the Chicago Cardinals) and just the second duo in program history when they were selected four picks apart Saturday afternoon in the annual NFL draft in Pittsburgh.
Both picks came in storybook fashion. Robinson, a native of Akron, Ohio, was selected by his home-state Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round with the 226th overall pick.
The selection was announced by the Pat Tillman Foundation. Tillman was drafted with the 226th pick by the Arizona Cardinals in 1998. Tillman later left the NFL to enlist in the U.S. Army after the 9/11 attacks. He served as an Army Ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan before dying in Afghanistan in 2004.
BZ '26!
GO NAVY!