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Any word on when/if he'll be coming back from his mission? And is Ricky Hemuili leaving for his?

It appears that it took Hamani a little longer than anticipated to get going so he may not be back until after this next season.

ncduck wrote:It appears that it took Hamani a little longer than anticipated to get going so he may not be back until after this next season.

I heard that too, that sucks!

2012... "IF" he comes back to the Ducks. And it will probably take him a couple years to get back to where he might have been after his RS year.

3 years out of FB, its going to take him while for your "2 years" sounds about right...good grief!

hamani will never be back

hines wrote:hamani will never be back

nope. polyduck had a good write-up a few weeks back when this was last broached.

Regarding Heimuli, I spoke with his brother at the Natty. Said Ricky is diffinitely coming back. I don't post much but I thought I would share that. Trust me or not, that's what he said.

akili1133 wrote:Regarding Heimuli, I spoke with his brother at the Natty. Said Ricky is diffinitely coming back. I don't post much but I thought I would share that. Trust me or not, that's what he said.

This is the best news I've heard in a while thanks.

briarduck wrote:

akili1133 wrote:Regarding Heimuli, I spoke with his brother at the Natty. Said Ricky is diffinitely coming back. I don't post much but I thought I would share that. Trust me or not, that's what he said.

This is the best news I've heard in a while thanks.

Thats definitely welcome news. I think the loss will only make him want to come back even more. A starting middle of the line of Ricky & Kelikiipi, both sophs next year, would be a great for a few years.

akili1133 wrote:Regarding Heimuli, I spoke with his brother at the Natty. Said Ricky is diffinitely coming back. I don't post much but I thought I would share that. Trust me or not, that's what he said.

It would really help Oregon's DL depth next year as it looked like Ricky was really starting to come along. He'll instantly be a frontrunner for a starting job if he does indeed return.

akili1133 wrote:Regarding Heimuli, I spoke with his brother at the Natty. Said Ricky is diffinitely coming back. I don't post much but I thought I would share that. Trust me or not, that's what he said.

Well, here's why I believe you: I read an article a few months back talking about RH taking his mission - the number 1 reason why he wanted to was because all of his brothers had or were going to take theirs; if one of his brothers is saying he's back, it sounds like the holdup of being the "only" brother not to go is not an issue any more. Awesome news. Now to go find the post from polyduck

Question: Is there any reason a person can't take a mission later in life? Say after college?

Destroyer77 wrote:Question: Is there any reason a person can't take a mission later in life? Say after college?

Guys can go from age 19-25. After that, you usually have to wait until you are 50+ and you go with your wife to do administrative things when your kids have moved out.

and to answer the question of what reasons are there to not go after that:
1. they want a mission to be a blessing, not something "you have to get out of the way." The point of it is to put God first for 2 years of your life. That isn't really accomplished if you play football and then go on a mish when you are done doing that.
2. they want you to be able to come back and get on with your life at a young age. Get married, have kids, graduate college, etc.

There are more reasons than just those two, but it'd be hard to explain them if you aren't really familiar with the dynamic in the church.

The age cut-off is 25 or 26 I think.

When I was on mine there were 3 guys (out of around 300 while I was away) who were older than 24. One a college grad.

So, yeah it happens. The question for these guys who have NFL asperations/abilities is would you go after school instead of the NFL?