For Logan Tago, it started out as “community service,” a way of making amends for something he believes never should have happened.
Every Monday afternoon, the Washington State defensive lineman from American Samoa would climb into a car with a group of other redemption seekers for a 7-mile drive from their Pullman campus to the tiny, gravelly town of Albion. There they would interact with young children in a WSU-sponsored after-school program, helping them with homework and coordinating physical activities in the gym.
Early on Tago’s first day in this program, he was approached by a small tow-headed boy with a winning smile, who took a good look at him and ventured, “Are you a football player?