James Conner’s three-yard touchdown run nearly eight minutes into the second quarter of Pitt’s 28-7 win over Villanova on Saturday was the latest in a long line of triumphant returns.
There was his return to practice in the spring when he ran with his teammates with a surgical mask and a port in his shoulder.
There was his return to contact drills in training camp.
And there was his return to Heinz Field for the season opener on Saturday.
Then, 364 days after he last ran into the end zone at Heinz Field, Conner ran across the goal line once again on Saturday. And he did so in rather classic James Conner fashion: he stuck his hand in a defender’s face and dragged him into the end zone.
https://pittsburgh.rivals.com/news/conner-s-latest-return-is-to-the-end-zone
There was his return to practice in the spring when he ran with his teammates with a surgical mask and a port in his shoulder.
There was his return to contact drills in training camp.
And there was his return to Heinz Field for the season opener on Saturday.
Then, 364 days after he last ran into the end zone at Heinz Field, Conner ran across the goal line once again on Saturday. And he did so in rather classic James Conner fashion: he stuck his hand in a defender’s face and dragged him into the end zone.
https://pittsburgh.rivals.com/news/conner-s-latest-return-is-to-the-end-zone
