Education
Conner attended McDowell High School in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Conner attended McDowell High School in Erie, Pennsylvania.
He was a running back and defensive lineman. As a senior he rushed for 1,680 yards on 155 carries and 26 touchdowns. He committed to play college football at the University of Pittsburgh in August 2012.
As a true freshman in 2013, Conner played in 12 of 13 games.
He led the team in rushing yards with 799 and rushing touchdowns with eight. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, after rushing for 229 yards and a touchdown on 26 carries.
The 229 yards broke Tony Dorsett"s school record for rushing yards in a bowl game. In his sophomore season in 2014, Conner rushed for 1,765 yards on 298 attempts an Administrative Committee on Company-ordination record 26 rushing touchdowns.
The rushing yards led the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination and ranked 7th in the FBS.
On December 4th 2015, Conner announced he was diagnosed with Hodgkin"s Lymphoma.
Despite this, he said "I choose to not fear cancer..I will play football again.".
In 2014, he garnered AFCA first-team All-American honors and was awarded the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Player of the Year. At the end of the season he was named the Administrative Committee on Company-ordination Player of the Year and garnered AFCA first-team All-American honors.
Quotations: "I choose to not fear cancer..I will play football again.".
