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James Conner is going to experience something pretty incredible on Saturday when Pittsburgh opens up its 2016 season against Villanova. It's been 12 months since Conner's season-ending knee injury, nine months since his Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosis and less than a month since the 21-year-old, former ACC Player of the Year returned to practice -- cancer-free -- as a full participant.
After all of the trials and tribulations of the last year, Conner will take the field on Saturday as Pittsburgh's starting running back, and that moment will be something special.