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BYU Football's Global Missionary Legacy | Salt Lake City News
Sixty-four BYU football players this year have served full-time missions—up from last year’s fifty-six—spreading across twenty-nine countries and speaking fifteen languages, with Spanish leading the pack. Head coach Kalani Sitake, a former missionary himself, leads a team where sixty-two players speak a second language and five coaches also have mission experience. This deep-rooted cultural commitment, part of BYU football’s identity for years, extends to mentorship partnerships with Pathway Worldwide students in Africa and reflects a broader university trend where over sixty percent of…
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