Last year, BYU players Ului Lapuaho, Travis Tuiloma and Graham Rowley successfully transitioned from life as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to making a significant impact for the Cougar football team in their first season back on the football field.
That trio ended up starting a combined 28 games in 2014, and Lapuaho and Tuiloma are slated to start again this year, with Rowley a backup at defensive end. A fourth returned missionary from that 2014 class, tight end Tanner Balderee, is currently No.