Who is Arizona Cardinals running back James Conner?

RB James Conner Height: 6-1. Weight: 232. Hometown: Erie, Pennsylvania Pro/college experience: Seventh NFL season (third-round pick of the Steelers in 2017).

Four-year college career at Pittsburgh, where he finished with 3,733 career rushing yards and 52 rushing touchdowns. 2023 and career: Had his second 100-yard rushing game with the Cardinals in Week 2 during a 31-28 loss to the visiting Giants. Entering this season, he had appeared in 78 career games with 52 starts.

Named a team captain with Arizona for a third straight season. Spent his first four years in the NFL with the Steelers, where he was named to the Pro Bowl in 2018. Earned another Pro Bowl nod with the Cardinals in 2021, where he became just the fifth Cardinals running back to receive that honor during his first season with the team, joining Ollie Matson (1952), Johnny Roland (1966), Ottis Anderson (1979) and Johnny Johnson (1990).

Has 27 touchdowns in his first 30 games for the Cardinals. Only David Johnson (30) had more TDs in his first 30 games with the franchise. Personal: On Sept.

5, 2015, Conner tore his MCL during the Panthers’ season-opening 45-37 win over Youngstown State. He missed the rest of his junior season and during his rehab, he was also diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He was declared cancer-free during the offseason.

In 2016 he was named first-team Sll-ACC and earned the Disney Sports Spirit Award, the FWAA Courage Award, the Brian Piccolo Award, and the Maxwell Club Thomas Brookshier Spirit Award. .

BOB MCMANAMAN
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Filed 10.03.2023

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