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A Letter to NFL GMs | By James Conner
Dear NFL GMs:My name is James Conner. I’m a running back who was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. My sophomore year at Pitt I scored 26 touchdowns and was named ACC Player of the Year. But it’s more likely that you know me for one very specific thing.Cancer.It’s cool. That’s totally reasonable.I mean, at this point I’m pretty much recognized around the world as “that football player who battled Hodgkin’s and then came back to play the following year.�
A Letter to NFL GMs | By James Conner
Dear NFL GMs:My name is James Conner. I’m a running back who was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania. My sophomore year at Pitt I scored 26 touchdowns and was named ACC Player of the Year. But it’s more likely that you know me for one very specific thing.Cancer.It’s cool. That’s totally reasonable.I mean, at this point I’m pretty much recognized around the world as “that football player who battled Hodgkin’s and then came back to play the following year.�
'I'm ready for Indianapolis': LB Ben Boulware on the combine and his Sour Patch Kids prank
I’m ready for Indianapolis. After two months of training for the combine, I’m ready for something different. Since January, I’ve spent most of my time in Gulf Breeze, Fla., working on my 40-yard dash, bench press and the field drills I’ll get put through this weekend at the combine. This training will help me improve my stock, but it definitely gets pretty boring. You get up at 7:30 a.m. and get a workout. You do therapy. You work out again. You get home about 5 p.m..
With a national title win behind me, here's how I'm preparing for NFL draft season
I didn’t sleep at all the night we won the national title. After we beat Alabama and I made that speech, we got back to the hotel at about 3 a.m. I laid down at 5 a.m. and stayed wide awake. It was time to start the next phase in my life. I already had an idea what agency I’d choose to represent me. You can’t take anything because of NCAA rules, but you can interview agents while you’re still playing in college. So I had done my homework.
Thank You, Clemson
I’ll never forget it: all of that celebration. The game-clock striking double zeros, and everyone rushing the field. The confetti streaming down from above. The Gatorade showers, and the group hugs, and the student section singing the fight song at the top of their lungs. All the championship hats and championship shirts. The interviews. The trophy presentations. Even those little custom newspapers with the headlines that read, NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. I remember all of it.
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