Arizona Cardinals fans know how important running back James Conner is. PFF recognized his impact and play as he made the analytics site’s offseason rankings of the top 101 players in the league after the 2024 season.
He comes in at No. 81.
Conner followed up his placement on this list last season with a career year in 2024. The Cardinals back earned the highest rushing grade of his career (90.6), as he notched his second-consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season. That production is largely a credit to Conner’s innate ability to shed would-be tacklers (68) and break off explosive runs (34 of 10 or more yards) — both of which ranked in the top five among backs in 2025.
He was an end zone merchant in 2021 in his first season in Arizona, the one year he made the Pro Bowl since signing with the Cardinals.
But since then, he has gotten better. He is a more efficient back and more explosive than when he first arrived.
His 1,094 rushing yards were a career-high and he had over 1,500 total yards from scrimmage.
Now signed for two more seasons, he will continue to lead the Cardinals’ rushing attack.
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