Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2022Southern Miss
Eric Scott Jr.
DB • 6'2" • 202 lbs • Basehor, KS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Eric Scott Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
42
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Player Story
Eric Scott Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive back from Basehor, KS wearing No. 2, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Eric Scott Jr.'s career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 1
- Overall
- No. 178
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Eric Scott Jr., DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Eric Scott Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 9
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Eric Scott Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · DB
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Tulane
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 6 · Pick 1 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DB 366th (top 40%) · Sun Belt 168th (top 27%) · National 1,584th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 5 | 25 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 11 | 19 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | - | 3 | 4 | 41.1 |
Related Context
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Eric Scott Jr. played DB for Southern Miss. Across 3 tracked seasons, Eric Scott Jr. recorded 69 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 5 primary output with 30.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 88.9th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
19.4
Usage
3.6
Consistency
14.8
Best Game by takeover score
Tulane
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 3. Miami: 0. Tulane: 2. Troy: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Texas State: 1. Georgia State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. UL Monroe: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 1 by 34.2. Miami: 5 by 20.8. Tulane: 5 by 40.8. Troy: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 4 by 16.7. Texas State: 3 by 22.5. Georgia State: 3 by 12.5. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 4.2. UL Monroe: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulane
Best efficiency game
40.8 vs Tulane
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ UL Monroe | W 20-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | @ Coastal Carolina | L 23-26 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Georgia State | L 14-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Texas State | W 20-14 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Arkansas State | W 20-19 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Troy | L 10-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ TulaneSplash game | W 27-24 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Miami | L 7-30 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs LibertySplash game | L 27-29 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Eric Scott Jr. story
Eric Scott Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2022 as a defensive back from Basehor, KS wearing No. 2, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Eric Scott Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 4 interceptions, and 9 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Eric Scott Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Southern Miss
2020-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 5 | 30.8 | 3.2 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 3 | 9.9 | 2.2 | -2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 7 | 19.4 | 3.6 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Tulane
Week 4 · W 27-24
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Liberty
Week 1 · L 27-29
3
Havoc Plays
55.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 55.6 takeover score.
#3
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 9 · L 10-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
54.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.
#4
@ UTSA
Week 11 · L 17-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
53.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Troy
Week 3 · L 9-21
1
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Southern Miss
5 primary output · 30.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage
50.3
#2
2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
41.1
7 primary · 19.4 efficiency · 3.6 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Southern Miss
20
3 primary · 9.9 efficiency · 2.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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