As Pitt running back James Conner was entering the 2017 NFL Draft, following his final collegiate season in which he played while continuing to overcome the aftereffects of length chemotherapy treatments, he penned an article for The Players’ Tribune in which he said that he didn’t want to be known as the football player who had cancer.
Now following his second season, in which he earned Pro Bowl recognition while rushing for nearly 1000 yards and nearly 500 more through the air with 13 scores in 13 games, it is becoming easier to accept the duality of his life as he finds confidence and stature in both.