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Laron Taylor

High School Honors

• Earned first team all-state honors as a senior

• Was first team all-Metro as a junior and senior

• Earned all-City honors as a sophomore and junior

• Three-year starter while helping team win state title as a senior with 12-3 record

• Team posted 12-1 record as a junior, advancing to state semifinals

• Team captain as junior and senior

• Led team in tackles for three straight seasons

• Recorded 120 tackles as a senior, with 20 tackles for loss, two sacks and a recovered fumble

• 105 tackles as a junior, with 24 tackles for loss, four sacks, two recovered fumbled and an interception

• Recorded 75 tackles as a sophomore, with 20 tackles for loss, five sacks, four forced fumbles, one interception and one touchdown

• Born Dec. 6, 1993

• Broadcast and journalism major

• Parents are Deirdre and Ronnie Taylor

• High school coach was Thomas Wilcher