Thursday, March 10, 2011

John Conner the Movie Star

Jets FB John Conner became a fan favorite this season after "The Terminator" was highlighted on HBO's "Hard Knocks" and now almost a year after the Jets drafted him in the fifth round, a documentary chronicling the former Kentucky Wildcat's journey to the NFL is set to be released.

NY Daily News
reports, director Evan Marshall chronicles the path of Conner and four others in "Late Rounders," which will debut Sunday at the Washington D.C. International Film Festival.

The documentary focuses on the entire draft process but provides an inside look at the three days of the NFL draft. Conner's agent Greg Linton admits in the doc that it was "a complete and utter surprise" that the Jets drafted Conner. They believed that the fullback was headed to the Chargers, Ravens, Lions, Cowboys or Chiefs. Moments after the Jets called Conner to let him know they were selecting him, he broke down on camera.

Conner is penciled in to be the Jets' starting fullback in 2011...if there is a season.

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