Missions help BYU, Utah football players learn perseverance
Football is still football. But a lot has changed for J.J. Williams and McKay Jacobson since they last played on the same field.
The Nov. 28 game between the University of Utah and Brigham Young Unicersity at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah, marks a return to the rivalry for Williams and Jacobson. Both left to serve Mormon missions following their freshman years in 2006 — the kind of departures that are constants in these two football programs.
Their perspective on the sport hasn't shifted much, but their understanding of life has.
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