For Boise State nose tackle Sonatane Lui, the decision to go on a two-year church mission after high school was an easy one.
“I kind of put it in my head that I was going to go and stuck with my decision,” Lui said.
The choice was not as simple for safety Kekoa Nawahine, as some around him questioned whether he would be able to succeed at the FBS level after two years away from football.
While the future Boise State teammates arrived at their decisions differently, they ultimately took the same leap of faith in regards to their football careers.