Miles Scott: DB · Illinois · #10.
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Miles Scott
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at Illinois since. The first one came in 2023: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against USC — Week 5, 2025.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
64 tackles. 4 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
LancasterOnline Oct 25
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Western Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-19@ Duke | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0vs Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-63@ No. 19 Indiana | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-32vs No. 21 USC | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 43-27@ Purdue | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-42@ Washington | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-13vs Rutgers | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-6vs Maryland | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-27@ Wisconsin | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13vs Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Bowl | W 30-28vs Tennessee | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 50 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 4 |
Week 14 · 2025
W 20-13
vs Northwestern
2 interceptions · 4 tackles · 2 pass breakups
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
64tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL64 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
4 seasons under Bret Bielema — 32-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
45.6%
372 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
62.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
64 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #61 at the position.
The No. 3,396 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Big Ten as a senior.
How it ended
Four seasons at Illinois, 181 tackles — drafted at #246 overall by the Denver Broncos.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bret Bielema.
Next stop · NFL
Denver Broncos2026 NFL rookie season
Denver Broncos2026 NFL rookie season
