When James Conner was coming into the league, before the draft, he penned an article in which he said that he didn’t want to just be ‘the football player who had cancer’. Even though he had a great college career, having been a cancer survivor had largely overshadowed the story of his football career.
Having now established himself in the NFL, including a Pro Bowl season in 2018 under his belt, he is continuing to use his platform more and more, culminating this offseason in the publication of a book, entitled Fear Is a Choice, which is largely about his experiences battling through cancer as a person and as an athlete.