The conversion story of a new BYU recruit 0

Mormon Life says: This high school football player was not a fan of BYU growing up but when he gets an offer to play at BYU just two days after his baptism he feels it is time to change his allegiance.

Jordan Black is a 6-foot-7-inch, 265-pound offensive tackle prospect from Alta High School in Sandy, Utah. Those that are familiar with the area know that a predominant Mormon culture exists there, probably more so than in any other city in Salt Lake County.

Having grown up in the area myself, I can attest to this fact. I grew up on the east benches near Brighton High School, where 14 of the 15 households in the cul-de-sac where I grew up were occupied by members of the LDS faith.

“Yeah, pretty much everyone is Mormon in my school, that’s for sure," observed Black, who grew up in a non-member family. “All my friends, teachers, everyone is Mormon. It was a great place to grow up since pretty much everyone I was around were great people and I had good influences, but it’s sort of weird in a way, I guess, not being part of the LDS Church growing up here.”

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