Pittsburgh, Northwestern take bowl cuts at Yankee Stadium
James Conner called his shot before he digs in at Yankee Stadium.
Conner, Pittsburgh’s star running back, announced he would skip his senior season and declare for the NFL draft and also play for the Panthers against Northwestern in the Pinstripe Bowl.
He bucked the 2016 trend of draft prospects bypassing a bowl game to protect their NFL futures for one last game with his teammates. Conner also reversed his decision to wait to announce his fate until after Pitt’s bowl game.