ASU's Taylor earns scholar-award nod

Arkansas State University’s Blaise Taylor was announced Wednesday as one of 13 finalists for the William V. Campbell Trophy.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…