his life around.

The 6-foot-5, 297 pounder was suspended throughout high school and had some troubled teenage years, at one point living with his Lacrosse coach to get on the right track. Then he embraced religion, and started a two-year Latter Day Saints mission before returning to play football for two years with Snow College.

He latched onto the Universiy of Utah last season, starting 13 games and earning first-team All-Pac-12 honors, and will be a 25-year old rookie once he reaches the NFL.

“My mission was the greatest thing to ever happen to me,” Bolles said at the NFL Combine. “I became the man I am today because I’ve learned. I grew up, I became more mature, I became the man I am. I know what it takes to hard work and wake up and follow a schedule, and that’s exactly what you’ve to do in this business. It’s a business and you’ve got to follow the schedule to be successful, and that’s what I plan on doing.”

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