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A former college football player, once heralded for his excellence in the classroom and on the field, was arrested in Utah and accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend in Tennessee, officials said Thursday. The U.S. Marshals Service took 27-year-old Blaise A. Taylor into custody after a Nashville grand jury indicted him on two counts of murder, according to a Nashville police statement.
He ran back four punts and one kickoff for touchdowns in his college career that was marked by academic excellence. Taylor was honored with a National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award in 2017, for having completed both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in less than four years. He had served as a defensive analyst for Utah State from July 1 last year until March 1 of this year, when he left for another job at Texas A&M, a Utah State spokesperson said.
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