BIOGRAPHY
Nicholas Michael Scott was born on May 17th, 1995, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and currently plays safety in the National Football League.
At high school, Scott was a four-year letterman, he played his freshman and sophomore Seasons at Brookline (Mass.) High School for head coach Kevin Mahoney and played his final two Seasons at Fairfax High School for head coach Kevin Simonds. Scott played running back, quarterback, wide receiver, linebacker, safety and returned kicks during his career. As a junior, ran for 981 yards and 12 touchdowns. Rated as a three-star prospect by all four major recruiting services- 247Sports, as a senior, rushed for 1,582 yards on 182 carries and threw for 511 yards with three touchdowns, had 11 catches for 129 yards and compiled a total of 25 touchdowns as a senior team captain, won All-state selection as a senior and also earned a first-team nod on the all-metro, all-region and all-conference teams, while being named the Liberty District Outstanding Athlete of the Year, Rivals and Scout, he was rated as a Top 100 running back and a top-25 athlete on the national lists, rated a Top 20 recruit coming out of the state of Virginia according to Rivals and 247Sports, and lettered twice in track & field and once in basketball. On his redshirt freshman season in 2015, he appeared in 13 games with one start. Was one of 17 redshirt freshmen to see action. Was one of seven freshmen (3 redshirts, 4 true) to start. Made his first career start vs. Indiana (10/10). Selected as the John Bruno Memorial Award winner for the team’s outstanding member of special teams. During his sophomore season in 2016, he appeared in 13 games, wore No. 25 in the regular Season finale to honor injured senior Von Walker, and ranked No. 3 on the team in special teams tackles. For his junior season in 2017, he appeared in all 13 games with one start, was selected team captain prior to the season, made his second career start – and first on defense – at Maryland (11/25), with his only other start coming at running back vs. Indiana in 2015. Danced in THON in 2018. In the course of his senior season on 2018, he won the team's Captain's Award and shared the Bob Mitinger Memorial Award, as an ultimate teammate who exhibits courage, character and social responsibility, with Johnathan Thomas at the team's awards banquet, earned the Big Ten's Sportsmanship Award, was named honorable-mention All-Big Ten by the media, and was a candidate on the preseason watch list for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. For the season, he made 12 starts, was one of 10 Penn Staters to enter 2018 having already earned a degree, and ranked No. 8 in the Big Ten and No. 49 in the nation with three interceptions.
Scott was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the seventh round (243rd overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft. Scott signed a three year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2023.
