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Originally Posted by NDboy15  Can't he take his mission after his playing days, like when he graduates? Sorry, I'm not too familiar with the Mormon religion. |
He theoretically could serve his mission after his playing days, you can go up until you are 26 but that doesn't happen very often as most people who can afford to go when they are 19 go then. The problem is if he gets drafted following college. If he really is set on serving a mission and he gets drafted, there is no way an NFL team would let him put it off and he would be forced to choose between a (probable) lifelong dream to play in the NFL and a (probable) life long dream of serving a mission. If he goes either before or during college he can come back and still play in college and get drafted after the fact. My little brother is facing this as he is likely to be drafted in the first 5 rounds of the MLB draft this summer. He decided to accept a scholarship to BYU because they would work around his mission. I know that if Charlie is willing to work with him on this it would be a huge selling point.