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per the Daily:
Spirituality is a big part of head coach P.J. Fleck’s culture, and longsnapper Payton Jordahl embodies that.
Being the team's longsnapper, Jordahl won’t have the flashiest plays when the Gophers visit Michigan this weekend, but the redshirt junior values both faith and football. Jordahl has been successful on all 341 snaps on the field, and the junior has found ways to give back to his community off the field.
“Faith has always been a large part of my life,” Jordahl said. “My main thing for that is doing the right thing and helping others.”
His idea of helping others came full circle this season with a good deed he did for his spirituality class recently.
One day, Jordahl walked around Dinkytown. He ended up sitting with a homeless man, talking with him and his friend, and inviting them to lunch. Fleck said that better people make better players, and he cited Jordahl as a direct example of that mentality.
“Payton Jordahl … doesn’t get enough credit,” Fleck said. “It’s a great lesson of not judging somebody.”
http://www.mndaily.com/article/2017...ows-his-faith-through-service-and-family-life
Go Gophers!!
Spirituality is a big part of head coach P.J. Fleck’s culture, and longsnapper Payton Jordahl embodies that.
Being the team's longsnapper, Jordahl won’t have the flashiest plays when the Gophers visit Michigan this weekend, but the redshirt junior values both faith and football. Jordahl has been successful on all 341 snaps on the field, and the junior has found ways to give back to his community off the field.
“Faith has always been a large part of my life,” Jordahl said. “My main thing for that is doing the right thing and helping others.”
His idea of helping others came full circle this season with a good deed he did for his spirituality class recently.
One day, Jordahl walked around Dinkytown. He ended up sitting with a homeless man, talking with him and his friend, and inviting them to lunch. Fleck said that better people make better players, and he cited Jordahl as a direct example of that mentality.
“Payton Jordahl … doesn’t get enough credit,” Fleck said. “It’s a great lesson of not judging somebody.”
http://www.mndaily.com/article/2017...ows-his-faith-through-service-and-family-life
Go Gophers!!
