BYU Player Says Adjusting to Life in Utah Is Not as Difficult as What Jesus and 2Pac Went Through

BYU Player Says Adjusting to Life in Utah Is Not as Difficult as What Jesus and 2Pac Went Through

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Brigham Young University is located in Provo, Utah, where 84.8 percent of the population is classified as white by the United States Census Bureau. So, for kids of other races coming to town to attend BYU, life can obviously be a bit of an adjustment. 

But according to one of the team's football players, Devon Blackmon, it really isn't that serious.

Jay Drew of the Salt Lake Tribune:

Here's his answer when I suggested he seemed upbeat and positive after telling me in August that he was struggling without boyhood friend Jamaal Williams, the running back who is also from Fontana who withdrew from school just before preseason camp began:

It's always good to keep things in their proper perspective.

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[via Barstool Sports]

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