Lone Peak's Greg Gowdy (4) pulls off a shoe-string tackle to bring down Pleasant Grove quarterback Dallas Lloyd (12) for a loss as Pleasant Grove faces Lone Peak in football action at Lone Peak High School in Highland Friday, Oct. 3, 2008.
Jason Olson, Deseret News
Going on an LDS mission was a tough choice for Dallas Lloyd, but he thinks it improved his game, the freshmen quarterback at Stanford, told Stanford Athletics.
"I think serving a mission also helped me become a better football player, a better teammate, better prepared to lead the team and to contribute in the way that I can," Lloyd told Stanford Athletics.
It was such a difficult decision because instead of going on a mission, Lloyd could have gone to Stanford right out of high school and started getting a great education, he told Stanford Athletics. But he doesn't regret serving a mission. He's pretty glad he did.
"I'm so grateful for my mission," Lloyd told Stanford Athletics. "And for the opportunity that I was given to be able to forget about myself, go out and serve other people."
Lloyd served in Vina Del Mar, Chile, from 201-2012.
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I love this article! For that young man to give up two years of his life to serve his church when he also left behind a great college football experience reveals true character and integrity. God bless him for being valiant and above the ordinary More..
>Lloyd served in Vina Del Mar, Chile, from 201-2012.
Now that is a LONG mission!
Caprice,
Do you love the story or the article. I thought it was a great story but the article was terribly written. "He told the Standfor Athletics" was in each of the first three paragraphs. How many times does he have to More..