Josiah Scott (American football)


Josiah Scott is an American football cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. He played college football at Michigan State.

College career

After playing at Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Ohio, Scott chose Michigan State over scholarship offers from Iowa, West Virginia, Miami of Ohio and others.
As a freshman, Scott was named to ESPN's Freshman All-America team. The award came after he started twelve of thirteen games the Spartans played in, missing one due to injury. A torn meniscus sidelined Scott for the first eight games of his sophomore season, an injury sustained in a noncontact incident. He was named defensive MVP of the 2018 Redbox Bowl after registering three tackles and four pass breakups in the game. Scott started all thirteen games his junior season. On October 5, Scott forced Justin Fields into his first interception of the year, and also garnered 12 tackles during the game.

Professional career

Scott was picked by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL Draft with the 137th overall pick. The Jaguars previously traded cornerback A.J. Bouye to the Denver Broncos to acquire the pick used to select Scott. Scott was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Jaguars on July 27, 2020, but was activated three days later.