Nick Scott: S · Penn State · #4.
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Nick Scott
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fourth year in the same secondary at Penn State. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 1 sack against App State — Week 1, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 1 pass defended. 3 interceptions. 1 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Penn State | 65 | 35 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | Penn State | 32 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Penn State | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 105 | 55 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-38vs App State | 9 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-6@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-10vs Kent State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-24@ Illinois | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-27vs No. 4 Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-21vs Michigan State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-28@ Indiana | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-24vs No. 18 Iowa | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ No. 5 Michigan | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 22-10vs Wisconsin | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-7@ Rutgers | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-3vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-27vs No. 16 Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 35 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 |
Week 1 · 2018
W 45-38
vs App State
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 9 tackles
Edged out App State at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL65 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup · 3 interceptions.
4 seasons under James Franklin — 38-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
42.6%
379 pass / 510 run
Plays / game
68.4
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
65 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Penn State, 105 tackles — drafted at #243 overall by the Los Angeles Rams.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles RamsEntering 8th NFL season
Los Angeles RamsEntering 8th NFL season
