The Texas native has a collection of sets at his family home and has gathered a second "stash" on the east coast that he intends to continuously bolster. Sam Cosmi, the Commanders' giant right tackle, has been fond of the tiny blocks for years and years. Much to Heinicke's delight, he recently discovered he's not the only one on Washington's roster with this particular avocation.
It's just who I am and you either accept it or not."
"They're like, 'What do you like to do?' and I'm like, 'I like to build LEGOs,'" Heinicke explained. Sure, he catches heat from various people about it, but when he goes on dates and his potential partners ask what he enjoys aside from his primary occupation, he'll admit his LEGO devotion. Heinicke isn't too ashamed of his zeal for the bricks, either. "I was getting so many DMs like, 'Keep going!' 'This is great!' I didn't know it would be such a hit." "The funniest thing about it is that's probably the biggest hit I ever got on Instagram," he said. The response to his posts legitimately shocked him. Heinicke also finished a 6,785-piece AT-AT, another iconic machine from the beloved movie franchise.Īs he was handling the construction of those latter monstrosities, Heinicke would send updates of his progress on social media. In addition to knocking out two builds of Batman's famous vehicle, Heinicke completed a 7,541-piece Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, which is so enormous that "it's just sitting" on Heinicke's kitchen counter. The 29-year-old didn't start small, either. It was in that span that Heinicke established a new morning routine: He'd wake up, venture off on a long walk, eat breakfast upon his return - and, at last, pick up his latest project. While Heinicke polished off two different Batmobiles in the earlier portion of the Commanders' offseason, his output really increased during the five-plus week stretch of free time that players got before reporting to the facility in late-July for the opening of the club's training camp. "So I started buying some sets and I have four big sets now." "I've always been interested in building stuff," Heinicke, who aspired to be an architect as a kid, told NBC Sports Washington on Tuesday. Since then, he's lunged headfirst into the pursuit like it's a FedEx Field pylon in a playoff game. It was at that point that he noticed one of his friends had gotten into LEGO building, so Heinicke decided to give the hobby a shot. It started because Taylor Heinicke wanted to do something other than watch TV.īack during the Washington Commanders' OTAs in late-May and early-June, Heinicke was searching for a "therapeutic" activity he could commit to once he handled his daily football responsibilities, one that didn't involve a screen.
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