Great News...James Conner Officially Cancer Free, Ready To Come Back And Play For Pitt This Season
NFL - James Conner’s return to the football field from Hodgkin lymphoma will begin when Pittsburgh opens fall camp on Aug. 8. Coach Pat Narduzzi confirmed Monday that the ACC’s 2014 Player of the Year will participate fully in preseason practice, though he will be monitored.
“We have to slow him down,” Narduzzi told ESPN. “He won’t slow himself down. We just have to monitor him a little bit, make sure we don’t wear him out. We have to be smart. You let him go out there for a two-a-day, but you don’t have him out there every snap.”
Narduzzi said Conner would wear a GPS device to help the coaching staff get a better idea of the pace he’s able to maintain. Conner missed most of last season with a knee injury, then was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in December.
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Some great news out of the college football world today – James Conner officially cancer free, and not only that, but healthy enough to return to Pitt and resume his career. Awesome.
People forget how good James Conner was. 2014 ACC Player of the Year good. 800 yards and 8 TDs as a freshman good…then 1765 yards and 26 (!!) touchdowns the next season good.
Oh and always, fuck cancer.
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