Josiah Scott (American football)

Josiah Scott (born April 5, 1999) is an American football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State.

Josiah Scott
No. 24 – Jacksonville Jaguars
Position:Cornerback
Personal information
Born: (1999-04-05) April 5, 1999
Hamilton, Ohio
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:Fairfield
Fairfield, Ohio
College:Michigan State
NFL Draft:2020 / Round: 4 / Pick: 137
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2020
Total tackles:10
Forced fumbles:0
Fumble recoveries:0
Interceptions:0
Pass deflections:0
Player stats at NFL.com

College career

After playing at Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Ohio, Scott chose Michigan State over scholarship offers from Iowa, West Virginia, Miami of Ohio and others.[1]

As a freshman, Scott was named to ESPN's Freshman All-America team.[2] The award came after he started twelve of thirteen games the Spartans played in, missing one due to injury.[3] A torn meniscus sidelined Scott for the first eight games of his sophomore season,[3] an injury sustained in a noncontact incident.[4] He was named defensive MVP of the 2018 Redbox Bowl after registering three tackles and four pass breakups in the game.[5] Scott started all thirteen games his junior season.[6] On October 5, Scott forced Justin Fields into his first interception of the year, and also garnered 12 tackles during the game.[7]

Professional career
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand size40-yard dashBench press
5 ft 9 1⁄4 in
(1.76 m)		 185 lb
(84 kg)		 29 3⁄8 in
(0.75 m)		 8 3⁄4 in
(0.22 m)		4.42 s17 reps
All values from NFL Combine[8]

Scott was picked by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft with the 137th overall pick.[9] The Jaguars previously traded cornerback A.J. Bouye to the Denver Broncos to acquire the pick used to select Scott. Scott was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Jaguars on July 27, 2020, but was activated three days later.[10][11]

References
  1. "Josiah Scott Recruit Interests". 247Sports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. DeFabo, Mike (July 8, 2019). "A father's choice and three older brothers turned Josiah Scott into MSU's shut-down corner". Lansing State Journal. Gannett. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  3. Wenzel, Matt (December 30, 2019). "Michigan State CB Josiah Scott leaving for NFL draft". MLive. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  4. "Michigan State CB Josiah Scott expected to miss 2 months". USA Today. Gannett. August 6, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  5. "NFL Draft & Combine Profile – Josiah Scott". NFL.com. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  6. Charboneau, Matt (February 19, 2020). "Michigan State's Josiah Scott will play in NFL a 'long time,' analyst predicts". The Detroit News. Gannett. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  7. Morrison, Jay (March 2, 2020). "Josiah Scott hopes to follow Darqueze Dennard's flight path to NFL". The Athletic. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  8. "Josiah Scott Combine Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  9. Wenzel, Matt (April 25, 2020). "2020 NFL draft: Michigan State CB Josiah Scott picked by Jacksonville Jaguars in fourth round". MLive. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
  10. Oehser, John (July 27, 2020). "Transactions: Four rookies placed on reserve/COVID-19 list". Jaguars.com. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  11. Oehser, John (July 30, 2020). "Transactions: Two added, one removed from reserve/COVID-19 list". Jaguars.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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