Post by ervaztec on Feb 9, 2011 15:05:37 GMT -8
I probably should have saved this until the week of the BYU game but...After being clubbed over the head repeatedly by BYU posters here and on the UT with stories about 300lb linemen returning from missions weighting 185 lbs I decided to check it out for myself.
Below is a list of the 31 scholarship football players from BYU’s 2010 football roster who have gone on missions and are listed as Jr or Sr. Virtually ALL Jr & Sr on the roster have served on missions.
Of the 31 who went on missions 23 had significant playing time their first year back as Fourth-year-out-of-high-school “freshmen.” That’s the same high school class as Trask Iosefa. Would you like to have him for three (3) more years?
18 went on missions to places like Europe, The US or Japan. 10 went to countries like Chile, Brazil, Mexico. Only 3 served in developing countries (Jamaica, Madagascar & Mozambique) ALL 3 of these players contributed significantly their first year back.
These players clearly had no ill affects from their missions and almost appear to have come back MORE ready to play college football than when they left based on their on field production. Also, VERY few if any of them appear to have experienced the heart wrenching physical trauma that we were lead to believe these missions cause.
Maybe this sample is too small but for what it is the results were very surprising. BYU is doing nothing illegal. But, it is clear to me that their program is built on Blue Shirting players for 2 years thus creating a hybrid athlete that exist no where else in college football… “The 4th year RS Freshmen.”
Sr
Name Mission Played after mission
Jameson Frazier: Montreal, Canada, Maybe
Romney Fuga: Antananarivo Madagascar, Yes
Spencer Hafoka: Ventura, CA, Yes
McKay Jacobson: Sapporo, Japan, Yes
Bryan Kariya: Melbourne, Australia, Yes
Aveni Leung-Wai: Rochester, New York, Maybe
Matt Putnam: McAllen, Texas, Yes, 7th year senior
Matt Reynolds: Munich, Germany, Yes, 21year old frosh AA
Marco Thorson: Rancagua, Chile, Yes
Travis Uale: Monterrey, Mexico, Yes
Jadon Wagner: Denver, Colorado, Yes
JR
Braden Brown, San Juan, Puerto Rico. yes
Robbie Buckner, Maputo, Mozambique yes
David foote, Colombia Bogota No
Ryan Freeman: Chile Yes
Preston Hadley, New York, New York, Yes
Mike Hague, Knoxville, Tennessee. No, Season ending injury.
Braden Hansen, Philadelphia, Penn, Yes 21 year old frosh All American
Connell Hess, Richmond Va, Yes
Reed Hornung, Jamaica Kingston Mission, Yes
Walter Kahaiali'I, Australia Melbourne Mission, No Knee injury 335lbs
James Lark, St. Petersburg, Russia No, Back up QB
Eathyn Manumaleuna, Oklahoma City, Yes
Carter Mees, Houston, Texas, Yes,
Zed Mendenhall, Brazil, Yes
Riley Nelson, Barcelona, Spain, Maybe
Austin Nielsen, Tacoma, Washington, No
Brandon Ogletree, Chile, Yes
Matt Peterson, Apia, Samoa, Yes
Jordan Richardson, Brazil, Yes
Riley Stephenson, Auckland, New Zealand, Yes
Dalin Tollestrup, Belize, maybe
Below is a list of the 31 scholarship football players from BYU’s 2010 football roster who have gone on missions and are listed as Jr or Sr. Virtually ALL Jr & Sr on the roster have served on missions.
Of the 31 who went on missions 23 had significant playing time their first year back as Fourth-year-out-of-high-school “freshmen.” That’s the same high school class as Trask Iosefa. Would you like to have him for three (3) more years?
18 went on missions to places like Europe, The US or Japan. 10 went to countries like Chile, Brazil, Mexico. Only 3 served in developing countries (Jamaica, Madagascar & Mozambique) ALL 3 of these players contributed significantly their first year back.
These players clearly had no ill affects from their missions and almost appear to have come back MORE ready to play college football than when they left based on their on field production. Also, VERY few if any of them appear to have experienced the heart wrenching physical trauma that we were lead to believe these missions cause.
Maybe this sample is too small but for what it is the results were very surprising. BYU is doing nothing illegal. But, it is clear to me that their program is built on Blue Shirting players for 2 years thus creating a hybrid athlete that exist no where else in college football… “The 4th year RS Freshmen.”
Sr
Name Mission Played after mission
Jameson Frazier: Montreal, Canada, Maybe
Romney Fuga: Antananarivo Madagascar, Yes
Spencer Hafoka: Ventura, CA, Yes
McKay Jacobson: Sapporo, Japan, Yes
Bryan Kariya: Melbourne, Australia, Yes
Aveni Leung-Wai: Rochester, New York, Maybe
Matt Putnam: McAllen, Texas, Yes, 7th year senior
Matt Reynolds: Munich, Germany, Yes, 21year old frosh AA
Marco Thorson: Rancagua, Chile, Yes
Travis Uale: Monterrey, Mexico, Yes
Jadon Wagner: Denver, Colorado, Yes
JR
Braden Brown, San Juan, Puerto Rico. yes
Robbie Buckner, Maputo, Mozambique yes
David foote, Colombia Bogota No
Ryan Freeman: Chile Yes
Preston Hadley, New York, New York, Yes
Mike Hague, Knoxville, Tennessee. No, Season ending injury.
Braden Hansen, Philadelphia, Penn, Yes 21 year old frosh All American
Connell Hess, Richmond Va, Yes
Reed Hornung, Jamaica Kingston Mission, Yes
Walter Kahaiali'I, Australia Melbourne Mission, No Knee injury 335lbs
James Lark, St. Petersburg, Russia No, Back up QB
Eathyn Manumaleuna, Oklahoma City, Yes
Carter Mees, Houston, Texas, Yes,
Zed Mendenhall, Brazil, Yes
Riley Nelson, Barcelona, Spain, Maybe
Austin Nielsen, Tacoma, Washington, No
Brandon Ogletree, Chile, Yes
Matt Peterson, Apia, Samoa, Yes
Jordan Richardson, Brazil, Yes
Riley Stephenson, Auckland, New Zealand, Yes
Dalin Tollestrup, Belize, maybe