Former defensive back at Southern Miss. 2022: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 25 tackles.
6′2″ · 202 lb · Basehor, KS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former defensive back at Southern Miss. 2022: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 25 tackles.
Eric Scott Jr.
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Eric Scott Jr. has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Southern Miss. The receipt: 5 tackles against Miami — Week 2, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss, 69 tackles — drafted at #178 overall by Dallas.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scotty Walden → Will Hall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
DallasEntering 4th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: sacks (24th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 25 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 19 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 25 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 69 | 46 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2022
W 27–24
at Tulane
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-29vs Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-30@ Miami | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Tulane | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-27@ Troy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-19vs Arkansas State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14@ Texas State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs Georgia State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-26@ Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-10@ UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Josh Proctor’s 2022 season.
Matches Josh on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Michael Dixon's junior season at Minnesota (2022).
Matches Michael on
Player DNA