James Conner, 2014 ACC Player of the Year and Pitt's star RB, has been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. This is very tragic for a guy who already had his season cut short by a knee injury.
#Pitt RB James Conner announces that he has been diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma.— Sam Werner (@SWernerPG) December 4, 2015
Fortunately, Hodgkin's Lymphoma has a high probability of being cured.
Per doctor, Conner's cure rate is between 85-95 percent.— Sam Werner (@SWernerPG) December 4, 2015
Best of luck to Conner on both his recovery from his knee injury and his fight against cancer.
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Wow. That's awful news. Good luck, James.
Damn that's awful, but Hodgkins isn't too bad (as far as cancer goes, obviously), he'll probably be fine with just radiation and could easily be back in football.
Terrible news, thankful that it has a high cure rate.
Thoughts out to this man. Kick cancer's ass!
Damn...Sad to hear. Hope for a speedy and successful recovery.
If anyone is interested, this is a great opportunity to donate to Virginia Tech's Relay For Life, which has been the largest collegiate Relay in the country for 7+ years in a row now. We have raised over $500,000 every year in that span, and want to keep it up.
To donate and help kick cancer's ass, go to vtrelay.org
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#1 Collegiate Relay for ~8 years running, right?
Between VT's Relay and Penn State's Thon, a ton of money is being raised to battle the terrible disease. Keep donating and it will be downed one day!
Penn State's THON raised over $13m last year to battle childhood cancer - incredible!
Us Hokies do awesome work too with Relay!
Get well soon, Conner!!!!!!!!!!!!
Makes me so sick to my stomach for this kid. Hope he crushes cancer and is an NFL MVP one day.
Cuck Fancer!
Go Conner, Hokie Nation supports you!
That's what the linebacker out of BC (Mark Herzlich, I think?) had a few years ago, isn't it? I only ask, because he kicked that cancer's ass and is still in the NFL. Hopefully Conner can do the same. Best of luck to him.
It was Herzlich, but he had Ewing's Sarcoma, which is a rarer form of bone cancer. If caught early, like his was, then it's relatively survivable.
Ah, you're right. My bad. Should've fact checked, but was in a bit of a hurry.
Still in the NFL, too.
Terrible news. But I still plan on watching him play in the NFL for a very long time. Get well soon!
I really hope he beats this. I'm glad the cure rate is high, but it's still a tough ordeal. I remember Flip Saunders had Hodgkin's lymphona. I was hoping for the best for him, but I sort of assumed he would beat it because the cure rate is so high and no one had any doubts that he'd be ok. And then when he passed away, it was tough for everyone to believe it.
If he treats cancer like he treated VT's defense, he should be due for a speedy recovery
Dang, best wishes to him and his family during this process.
Temporary setback, that's all. Chin up, young man.
Conner has amazing perspective on life. I wish I handled adversity half as well as this. Thoughts are with him and hope to see him line it up against Virginia Tech, or in the NFL, again.
Many people have been saying about how Conner is everything that is good in college football. Really, I feel bad for cancer in this situation. I mean, seriously, why would you pick a fight with this guy?
Wow. Seems like he's got a terrific head on his shoulders. Everyone associated with him should be proud. I wish there were more like him. He's a rare breed.
Such terrible news, but he will come back from this!
I think it's worth digging up an old thread on Conner to let you all know that he's apparently doing well. Here's a statement from Narduzzi.
I wish the best for him. Love to see him fighting hard and keeping his spirits up!
Nice article on Conner in SI this week.
Nobody knows what to expect of him, but we're all glad to see him out there.
No offense, but I hope he has the flu the week we play Pitt. He is a handful to try and contain.
I don't, I want every team we play at full health with no suspensions. Our team has worked too hard along with the staff to just win games off the misfortunes of other teams. We need to beat teams at their full potential and that is what this coaching staff and new strength and conditioning staff have prepared this team to do.