The senior cornerback at Arkansas State University was announced Wednesday as one of 13 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy, given to the "absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation."
All finalists will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the National Football Foundation's National Scholar-Athlete Class, and they will travel to New York for the NFF awards dinner Dec. 5, when the winner will be announced.
The winner's scholarship will be increased to $25,000.
"I'm really excited and humbled," said Taylor, who earned his bachelor's and master's before the start of his true senior season.