After needing the better part of a football season to shake the rust off, Boise State sophomore safety Kekoa Nawahine is finally feeling comfortable.
The Rocky Mountain graduate spent his first two years after high school on his LDS mission. As a freshman in 2016, Nawahine made 21 tackles and started the Cactus Bowl against Baylor.
Though he saw plenty of playing time last season, football didn’t come back easily.
“Coming back, the conditioning was definitely the hardest. That was the biggest thing,” Nawahine said. “Mentally, just getting back into the playbook was really hard, to adjust to that mental side of the game.