Player Dossier

2022-2025

Illinois

Miles Scott

DB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Dolton, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Miles Scott shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Player Story

Miles Scott built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Dolton, IL wearing No. 10, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Miles Scott's career was his defensive production: 181...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 30
Overall
No. 246
NFL Team
Denver Broncos

Miles Scott, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois. Miles Scott shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
181
TFL
4
Sacks
1
Passes defended
11
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Miles Scott quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · DB
Career Tackles
181
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 41 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Illinois
Top game
Northwestern
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 7 · Pick 30 · Denver Broncos
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
64 tackles · DB 77th (top 8%) · Big Ten 53rd (top 7%) · National 355th (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois40-0--033.3
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois1163-0-3431.5
2024 PostseasonIllinois133-0-1030.8
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois1351-0-3030.8
2025 PostseasonIllinois135-0--063.2
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois135941-4063.2

Related Context

Miles Scott played DB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Miles Scott recorded 29 receiving yards, 181 tackles, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Illinois paired 12 primary output with 29.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 29.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Illinois

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

29.7

Usage

8.6

Consistency

51.3

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Western Illinois: 0. Duke: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Indiana: 0. USC: 1. Purdue: 0. Ohio State: 1. Washington: 1. Rutgers: 0. Maryland: 1. Wisconsin: 3. Northwestern: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8. Western Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Duke: 6 by 25. Western Michigan: 5 by 30.8. Indiana: 3 by 12.5. USC: 10 by 51.7. Purdue: 4 by 16.7. Ohio State: 3 by 22.5. Washington: 6 by 35. Rutgers: 3 by 12.5. Maryland: 5 by 30.8. Wisconsin: 7 by 59.2. Northwestern: 4 by 56.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.8 · Games = 9 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

59.2 vs Wisconsin

Result
Tue 12/30vs TennesseeW 30-2853000
Sun 11/30vs NorthwesternSplash gameW 20-13430022
Sun 11/23@ WisconsinSplash gameL 10-2776111
Sat 11/15vs MarylandW 24-6550010
Sat 11/1vs RutgersW 35-1333000
Sat 10/25@ WashingtonL 25-4266100
Sat 10/11vs Ohio StateL 16-3432001
Sat 10/4@ PurdueW 43-2742000
Sat 9/27vs USC10+ tacklesW 34-32107100
Sat 9/20@ IndianaL 10-6332000
Sat 9/13vs Western MichiganW 38-053100
Sat 9/6@ DukeW 45-1965000
Fri 8/29vs Western IllinoisW 52-333000

Player Story

Miles Scott story

Miles Scott built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Dolton, IL wearing No. 10, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Miles Scott's career was his defensive production: 181 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 7 interceptions across 41 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Miles Scott's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 29 receiving yards and 14 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 41 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Miles Scott moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Illinois

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois000
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois528.45.35
2024 PostseasonIllinois621.94.61
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois621.94.60
2025 PostseasonIllinois1229.78.66
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois1229.78.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 51 Northwestern

Week 14 · W 20-13 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Toledo

Week 1 · W 30-28

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Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 85 Wisconsin

Week 13 · L 10-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Kansas

Week 2 · W 23-17

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Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 16 USC

Week 5 · W 34-32 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Illinois

12 primary output · 29.7 efficiency · 8.6 usage

63.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Illinois

63.2

12 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 8.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Illinois

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games