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Question: Why do you make time again to attend the C.H.A.M.P. Camp?
Conner: "I am just here to help the younger generation and give back and give them what I have been through and give them some knowledge. Hopefully, I can also inspire a few of them. I like what Champ is doing. It's all about the kids and giving back and I am all for that. It is all about inspiring the younger generation to hopefully work hard and also get an education. I like that."
Question: Is this a break for you now?
Conner: "We just finished minicamp Thursday and I flew back into town and shot down here to help out."
Question: Is your high school coach, Larry Cox, right when he says the lack of job security never bothers you because you always believe you can win a job?
Conner: "That is how it is, especially at my position as a fullback. You have to compete every year. The NFL is a business and they are looking for somebody every year and you have to accept that challenge. That is nothing I am not used to after being a walk-on in college. I have had to actually earn everything I have worked for."
Question: Does that attitude/background give you an edge in training camp over players who maybe have not always faced those same challenges?
Conner: "I would definitely like to think so. I have earned where I am at today and I like to keep that same attitude. Even though I have made the next level, I want to keep that same attitude."
Question: What do you think of the improvements you see facility-wise for Kentucky football?
Conner: "It's exciting. I am glad to see where the program is headed and support for the stadium. That is going to help out recruiting and coaching and everything. I am excited to see where they are headed."
Question: What does back to back top 25 recruiting classes for Mark Stoops say to you about the future of Kentucky football?
Conner: "I am just excited and really pumped up when I see that stuff. I know they have been young in the past but I see a great future ahead of them."
Question: Why do you think it took Kentucky so long to start focusing on Ohio in recruiting like it is now?
Conner: "I was asking the same question. Me being an Ohio guy I am torn. I think Ohio has some of the best football players. I think you can't really go wrong with Ohio football."
Question: Do you ever talk to running back Mikel Horton or lineman Kyle Meadows who came from your high school to Kentucky?
Conner: "Every once in a while. I talk to Mikel more often. He seems settled in and real excited. I think we might have another guy coming (in the future). I talk to those guys and see where they are and give them my blessing. My school has good players. Coach Cox is a good coach. He gets the best out of his players. He turns maybe a two-star player into a five-star guy, or four-star. He does a good job demanding the best of his players. Going through the whole system with him, he has a good influence on his players. He wants them to get their education. He wants the total athlete, the person and the player."
Question: Despite going 2-10 the last two years, do you sense the overall perception of Kentucky football has changed?
Conner: "I definitely see the support has gone up. The fans are really supporting the team and Stoops is bringing in the winning attitude. He comes from a winning program and he's bringing in that winning attitude you need. Hopefully that can translate over to the guys."
Question: Who inspired you when you were young like the kids at the C.H.A.M.P. Camp?
Conner: "There were a lot of people. Anybody that was in the NFL I would look up to. I don't care who you were or what position you played. If a NFL player showed up at a camp like this, I would be happy to listen."
Question: Has your success surprised you or did you always believe you could do what you have?
Conner: "I would like to say I believed what happened would happen. I knew it was something I would have to work for, but every once in a while I still have to pinch myself and say, 'Wow. I actually made it.' There were times I didn't think I would do it. Going through injuries and non-scholarship situations and things like that. Just looking back on that makes it even better."
Question: Do you like it when NFL people describe you as tough, dependable, never complains?
Conner: "That is the kind of player I like to be. I don't like to talk about it too much, boast about it. I just like to work hard and go out and get it done."
Question: Are you glad social media was not quite like this when you were at Kentucky?
Conner: "It can be good and bad. When people are talking good about you, it's good. But you have the people that are talking bad a lot. You just have to accept everybody has an opinion. It's more for the fans to keep up with what is going on, so it is not all bad even now."
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