2018 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in one game...One of 40 players to make their Penn State debut.
Kent State (9/15): Made his collegiate debut...Saw time on defense. Wisconsin (11/10): Named the coaching staff's Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week.
2017 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirt Season.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterman for head coaches Darryl Brown and Pat Neal at Grimsley High School...Was a team captain his junior and senior Seasons...Selected for Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas and helped North Carolina to a 17-10 win over South Carolina...Named to USA Today North Carolina All-State first team as a senior...Earned Metro 4-A All-Conference first team accolades as a senior...Selected as Grimsley HIGH SCHOOL team MVP as a senior...Registered 75 tackles, 5.0 sacks and one interception his senior Season...Rated a four-star prospect by Rivals and earned three stars from 247Sports, ESPN and Scout...Ranked No. 19 at his position and No. 5 in North Carolina by Rivals...Ranked as the second-best safety in North Carolina, 18th in the East and No. 33 in the country at safety by Scout...Ranked No. 33 at outside linebacker and No. 20 in North Carolina by 247Sports...Ranked No. 38 at safety and No. 18 in North Carolina by ESPN...Lettered in track & field and wrestling one time each.
PERSONAL
Full name is Brelin Faison-Walden...Son of Angelia Faison and Shawn Walden...Has an older sister, Kendra Bass...Cousin, Jimmy Walden, was a running back at East Carolina in the early 1980s and was on two NFL rosters...Cousin, Keenan Allen, is a wide receiver for the NFL’s San Diego Chargers and played collegiately at the University of California-Berkeley...Hobbies include playing football...Majoring in kinesiology...Born January 29, 1999 in Greensboro, North Carolina.