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BUIES CREEK, N.C. – When Taylor Reed stepped on campus as a freshman in August of 2007 to say that he was more than familiar with his surroundings would be a vast understatement.
Not only was Taylor a highly-valued defensive lineman who was preparing to compete for playing time on Campbell’s first Division I football team, but he brought a family tie to the university that dated more than a century.
Taylor Reed’s great, great grandfather is James Archibald Campbell, who opened Buies Creek Academy on January 5, 1887. His great grandfather is Leslie Hartwell Campbell, who succeeded his father as president of Campbell College and oversaw the school’s transition from junior college to a four-year institution in the early 1960s…