GREENVILLE, S.C. —

Furman safety Taylen Blaylock has been selected Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced today.

Blaylock, a graduate transfer seeing his first action as a Paladin, played a pivotal role in Furman’s 23-21 season opening victory over William & Mary on Saturday, recording six tackles, including two for-loss, an interception that he returned for a touchdown, and a pivotal pass breakup late in the fourth quarter. Latest Forecast

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He was joined on the SoCon honor list by placekicker/punter teammate Ian Williams, who landed league special teams player of the week laurels after earlier today being named national special teams player of the week by Stats Perform.

A Houston, Texas, native who s

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