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James Conner

RB

#6

Experience: 9 years

Height: 6-1

Age: 30

Weight: 233 lbs

College: Pittsburgh

2024 SEASON

  • CAR
    236
  • YDS
    1094
  • AVG
    4.64
  • TDS
    8
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Rushing

Biography

NoteCARDS:

  • Signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals in 2021 as an unrestricted free agent following four seasons (2017-20) with Pittsburgh. Re-signed with Arizona in 2022 (three-year deal) and 2024 (two-year extension), with the latter contract keeping him with the Cardinals through the 2026 season.
  • A three-time captain (2022-24), two-time Pro Bowler (2018, '21), two-time Player of the Week (Week 8 of 2018; Week 8 of 2019) and one-time Player of the Month (October of 2018) selection.
  • In his first eight NFL seasons with the Steelers (2017-20) and Cardinals (2021-24), appeared in 107 games (81 starts) with 1,361 carries for 5,970 yards (4.4 avg.) and 59 TDs to go along with 281 receptions for 2,217 yards and 11 TDs.
  • Has produced two 1,000-yard rushing seasons and five seasons with 1,000+ scrimmage yards. Also had 20 career outings with 100+ rushing yards and 34 outings with 100+ scrimmage yards.
  • In his first four seasons with Arizona, appeared in 57 games (48 starts) with 829 carries for 3,668 yards and 37 TDs to go along with 157 receptions for 1,254 yards and seven TDs. Ranks 4th in Cardinals history in career rushing yards (3,668), is tied for 2nd in team history in rushing TDs (37) and his 44 total TDs rank 10th in team annals.
  • Has rushed for 100+ yards in a game 11 times with the Cardinals, including nine such outings in his last 20 games played. Had a career-high six games with 100+ rushing yards in 2024, the most for a Cardinals player since Ottis Anderson (7) in 1983.
  • Has rushing for multiple TDs in a game eight times since coming to Arizona in 2021, tied for the most such outings in franchise history.
  • Over the last two seasons (2023-24), tied for 7th in the NFL in rushing yards (2,134), ranked 6th in rushing average (4.81), 5th in runs of 10+ yards (65), tied for 4th in runs of 20+ yards (17), tied for 3rd in games with 100+ rushing yards (10) and ranked 6th in games with 100+ scrimmage yards (15).
  • Joined Derrick Henry, James Cook, Najee Harris, Joe Mixon, Kyren Williams and Tony Pollard as the only players in the NFL with 1,000+ rushing yards in each of the last two seasons (2023-24).
  • Posted his first career 1,000-yard rushing campaign in 2023 (1,040) and followed up with a career-high 1,094 rushing yards in 2024. In doing so, joined Ottis Anderson (5x) and Edgerrin James (2x) as the only players in Cardinals history with multiple seasons of 1,000+ rushing yards.
  • Ran for a career-high 1,094 yards and eight TDs on 236 carries (4.6 avg.) in 2024 to go along with 47 catches for 414 yards and a TD.
  • With a career-best 1,508 scrimmage yards in 2024, it marked his fourth straight season with 1,000+ scrimmage yards in Arizona. He became the first player in Cardinals history to have 1,000+ scrimmage yards in each of their first four seasons with the team.
  • Has scored 18 total TDs vs. division opponents since joining the Cardinals in 2021, the most by any NFL player against their own division during that span.
  • Had at least one TD (rushing or receiving) in seven consecutive games (Games 13-17 in 2023 and Games 1-2 in 2024) which tied for the longest streak in franchise history. Also accomplished the feat in 2021 (Games 7-13) and included in that stretch was a streak of five straight games with a rushing TD, tying the longest such streak in team history.
  • In 2023, led the NFL in runs of 20+ yards (11), ranked 2nd in rushing yards/game (80.0), 3rd in runs of 10+ yards (31), 6th in rushing yards (1,040), 7th in rushing average (5.00) and tied for 3rd with four games of 100+ rushing yards.
  • Finished the 2022 season with 1,082 scrimmage yards and eight TDs in 13 games.
  • Earned Pro Bowl honors in 2021 after playing in 15 games (6 starts) during the regular season, finishing the year with 752 yards and 15 rushing TDs on 202 rushing attempts while adding 37 receptions for 375 yards and three TDs. Also scored the Cardinals lone TD in the Wild Card matchup.
  • Became just the fifth Cardinals RB to receive Pro Bowl honors during his first season with the team: Ollie Matson (1952), Johnny Roland (1966), Ottis Anderson (1979) and Johnny Johnson (1990).
  • His 18 total TDs in 2021 marked the second-highest single-season total in Cardinals history and ranked third in the NFL that year. His 15 rushing TDs also represented the second-highest single-season total in team annals and ranked second in the NFL.
  • All 18 of his TDs during the 2021 regular season came in his final 13 games played. Had six games with multiple TDs in '21, joining RB David Johnson (8 in 2016) as the only players in franchise history to have at least six such performances in a single season.
  • Earned his first career Pro Bowl selection with the Steelers in 2018, when he rushed for 12 TDs (third in the NFL) and 973 yards while catching 55 passes for 497 yards a TD in just 13 games.
  • After tearing his MCL during the first game of his junior year at the University of Pittsburgh (2015), attended rehab and began experiencing excessive fatigue and other symptoms, leading doctors to perform a chest x-ray that revealed Hodgkin's Lymphoma. He endured 12 rounds of chemotherapy and completed his last chemo appointment on May 9, 2016. On May 23, 2016, he announced that he was cancer free.
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