Two-year mission provides maturity for defensive line stalwart
Oregon defensive lineman Brandon Bair says the Mormon mission is sacred: A rite of passage, an exercise of faith and a calling to serve.
Before his collegiate sports career began, Bair abandoned his hometown of St. Anthony, Idaho, for the Deep South to complete his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to help others come unto Christ.
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