Ask Brock Hardy to recall a time when he wasn’t a wrestler. He can’t do it.

The Brigham City native’s done many things.

As a teen, he won four consecutive Utah state wrestling titles at Box Elder High. He’s earned a college degree in psychology. He’s claimed multiple All-America honors at Nebraska along with a Big Ten title.

And last year, he reached the NCAA National Championship match at 141 pounds.

Hardy even learned Portuguese — a language he picked during a two-year hiatus from the sport while serving a Latter-day Saint mission in Brazil.

But, nope, he can’t remember, with certainty, when he officially became a wrestler.

“I’m pretty sure I was 3 years old when I started with the little league program at Box Elder with Coach Mike Ripplinger,” Hardy told the Deseret News, sear

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