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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1984-02-10)February 10, 1984 (age 41) Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Vernon (Vernon, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
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| NFL draft | 2009: 6th round, 209th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Anthony Bernard Scott (born February 10, 1984) is an American former professionalfootball player who was arunning back in theNational Football League (NFL). He was selected by theCincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the2009 NFL draft. He playedcollege football for theAbilene Christian Wildcats. His brotherDaryl Richardson is also a former NFL running back.
A native ofVernon, Texas, Scott had a troubled past.[1] A Class 3A first-team all-state selection as a high school junior in 2001, Scott was kicked off his high school team atVernon High School because of an off-campus fight after the season.[1] He was not eligible for his senior year, and finally graduated fromWichita Falls High School in 2003.
He went on to attendCentral Arkansas University, where he earnedGulf South Conference Freshman of the Year honors in 2004, but was eventually dismissed from the football team for hitting a coach, along with a few other issues.[1] Scott transferred toBlinn College, where he was a first-teamNJCAA All-America after leading the Buccaneers to a 12–0 season and the NJCAA national championship. Scott averaged 154.4 rushing yards per game, and he finished his only junior college season with a junior college-best 1,892 yards and 27 touchdowns. He was also first-team all Southwestern Junior College Football Conference.
Rated a three-star recruit byRivals.com, Scott drew some interest byArkansas andFresno State,[2] but eventually enrolled atAbilene Christian University in 2007. He had finished runner-up in the voting for the 2007Harlon Hill Trophy toDanny Woodhead. In that year, Scott broke the league's single-season rushing record with 2,165 yards and set a pair of NCAA Division II single-season records with 39 total touchdowns and 234 points scored.[3] In 2008, Scott won the Harlon Hill Trophy in a landslide, getting the third-highest vote total in the 23-year history of the trophy.
Scott's NFL prospects were tarnished by his off-the-field issues. Besides his aforementioned trouble in high school and junior college, he was also arrested for some traffic-related misdemeanors, and was put on an 18-month probation for failing to identify himself during a traffic stop inAbilene in the spring of 2007.[3]
| Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | Wonderlic | ||
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| 5 ft10+1⁄4 in (1.78 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | 4.56 s | 1.50 s | 2.52 s | 4.08 s | 6.82 s | 36 in (0.91 m) | 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) | 21 reps | 11 | ||
| All values fromNFL Combine[4] | ||||||||||||
Scott was selected 209th overall by theCincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL Draft.[5]
Following training camp, Scott made the active roster as a kick returner and as a backup to running backCedric Benson. On November 15, 2009, Scott returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown against thePittsburgh Steelers, which earned him AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors.[6]
In his first career start, in week 11 against theOakland Raiders, Scott rushed for 119 yards, including a 61-yard run that was the longest by a Bengal sinceCorey Dillon's 67-yard rush atCleveland on September 15, 2002.[7] He also became the first Bengals rookie to rush for 100 yards in a game since Dillon in1997.
Scott signed with theBaltimore Ravens on October 28, 2013. On December 7, 2013, the Ravens released Scott.[8] On December 10, after a season-ending injury toBrandon Stokley, Scott re-signed with the Ravens.[9]
On March 3, 2015, Scott signed with theToronto Argonauts of theCanadian Football League. He retired in May 2015.[10]
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