Yesterday was the Dapper Dan Dinner and Sports Auction, during which not one but two Pittsburgh Steelers running backs—current and former—were honored. Among them was second-year James Conner, who received the Sportsman of the Year Award during the event.
“I couldn’t be Pittsburgh Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year without getting that call”, he said at the beginning of his acceptance speech, per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “So, if anybody has anything else nice to say, make sure you say it to [Steelers president Art Rooney II], because I want to be a Steeler for life”.