HISTORY
– Played in 49 games with 28 starts over his final five seasons (2018-22) after redshirting as a 2017 true freshman
– Registered 207 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss (-44 yards), 1.0 sack (-27 yards), seven interceptions that he returned for 65 yards and one touchdown, three forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, seven pass breakups and four quarterback hurries
– Had career highs of 85 tackles, four pass breakups, two forced fumbles and 59 interception return yards as a 2022 senior, while equaling the three interceptions and two quarterback hurries he recorded as a 2021 senior when he also had career highs with 4.5 tackles for loss (-37 tackle for loss yards) and 1.0 sack (-27 sack yards)
– Had his lone career fumble recovery as a 2018 redshirt freshman against Colorado
2022 (sr)
– Earned third-team All-Pac-12 honors from Phil Steele and Pro Football Focus
– Was one of eight Cal players including four on defense to start all 12 games, which equaled his career high for both games played and starts
– Contributed a career-high 85 tackles while adding 2.5 tackles for loss (-7 yards), a team-high and career-high-tying three interceptions that he returned a team-high and career-high 59 yards, a career-high four pass breakups, a career-high-tying two quarterback hurries and a career-high two forced fumbles
– Ranked among Pac-12 and NCAA leaders in interceptions (#4T Pac-12, #43 NCAA), forced fumbles (#5T Pac-12), interceptions per game (career-high-tying 0.25, #9T Pac-12, #54T NCAA) and tackles per game (career-high 7.1, #9 Pac-12, #132T NCAA)
– Had interceptions in back-to-back contests vs. Arizona and at Washington State to mark the lone time in his career he had interceptions in back-to-back games, while registering forced fumbles in each of his final two contests against Stanford and UCLA to mark his lone games with back-to-back forced fumbles
– The only player on Cal's 2022 roster that was on the team for each of Travers Family Head Football Coach Justin Wilcox's first six seasons from 2017-22
– UC Davis (W, 34-13) – 3 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss (-2 yards), 1 pass breakup ... career-high-tying pass breakups ... key tackle for loss on fourth-and-one at the Cal nine yardline to stop a UC Davis drive late in the first quarter with the Aggies leading 7-0
– UNLV (W, 20-14) – 6 tackles, 2 quarterback hurries ... career-high quarterback hurries .... back-to-back quarterback hurries on third and fourth downs to force a pair of incompletions to end UNLV's second to last drive late in the fourth quarter
– at Notre Dame (L, 17-24) – 5 tackles
– Arizona (W, 49-31) – 7 tackles, 1 interception (19-yard return)... career-high-tying interceptions
– at Washington State (L, 9-28) – 6 tackles, 1 interception ... career-high-tying interceptions
– at Colorado (L, 13-20, OT) – 5 tackles
– Washington (L, 21-28) – 8 tackles, 1 pass breakup ... career-high-tying pass breakups
– Oregon (L, 24-42) – 9 tackles
– at USC (L, 35-41) – 2 tackles
– at Oregon State (L, 10-38) – 8 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss (-1 yard), 1 pass breakup ... career-high-tying pass breakups
– Stanford (W, 27-20) – 10 tackles, 1 forced fumble, 1 interception (40-yard return) ... forced a fumble in the fourth quarter that teammate Jeremiah Earby picked up but fumbled before teammate Jackson Sirmon picked up Earby's fumble and ran 37 yards for a touchdown ,,, career-high interception return yards ... career-long interception return ... career-high-tying forced fumbles ... career-high-tying interceptions ....one of three to be selected as a Cal Player of the Week (Big Game Hero) along with Jaydn Ott and Jackson Sirmon
– UCLA (L, 28-35) – 16 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss (-4 yards), 1 forced fumble, 1 pass breakup ... career-high tackles ... career-high-tying forced fumbles ... career-high-tying pass breakups
– All-Pac-12 Preseason First Team (Athlon, Pac-12 Media, Phil Steele)
– Lott IMPACT Trophy Preseason Watch List
– East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 list
– One of Cal's two player representatives along with Matthew Cindric at Pac-12 Football Media Day
2021 (redshirt sr)
– Earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors from Pro Football Focus and was PFF's second-highest rated safety in the conference behind only teammate Elijah Hicks
– Started all 12 games at safety to equal career highs for both games played and starts
– Had 82 tackles, as well as career highs of 4.5 tackles for loss (career-high -37 tackle for loss yards) and 1.0 sack (career-high -27 sack yards), one forced fumble, and a career-high-tying three interceptions that he returned for six yards, a career-high-tying two quarterback hurries and two pass breakups
– Led the team in tackles while his 6.8 tackles per game tied for 10th in the Pac-12
– Shared the team lead in interceptions with his 0.25 interceptions per game tied for seventh in the Pac-12
– Nevada - 5 tackles
– at TCU - 7 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss (-1 yard), 1 interception (8-yard TD return), 2 quarterback hurries ... lone career pick-six and first for Cal since Ashtyn Davis and Elijah Hicks each brought one back to the house in the first quarter against Colorado in 2018 ... career-high-tying quarterback hurries ... career-high-tying interceptions
– Sacramento State - 7 tackles, 1 interception ... interception came in Cal's end zone ... career-high-tying interceptions
– at Washington - 8 tackles
– Washington State - 6 tackles, 1.0 tackle for loss (-4 yards), 1 interception (2-yard return), 1 pass breakup ... career-high-tying pass breakups
– at Oregon - 6 tackles
– Colorado - 1 tackle
– Oregon State - 4 tackles
– at Arizona - 12 tackles
– at Stanford - 4 tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss (-1 yard)
– at UCLA - 12 tackles, 1 pass breakup ... career-high-tying pass breakups
– USC - 10 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss (-31 yards), 1.0 sack (-27 yards), 1 forced fumble ... career-high tackles for loss and tackle for loss yards ... lone career sack ... career-high sack yards ... career-high-tying forced fumble
– All-Pac-12 Third-Team Preseason (Pro Football Focus)
2020 (jr)
– Played in all four games with three starts in a season shortened by COVID-19 and contributed 20 tackles, one pass breakup and one pass defended
– Had 11 tackles and one pass breakup in the season-opener at UCLA
– Registered four tackles against Stanford
– Recorded three tackles and one quarterback hurry against Oregon
– Had two tackles at Oregon State
2019 (soph)
– Awarded with Cal's J. Scott Duncan Award given to the squad's Most Valuable Special Teams Player
– Played in 11 games including his first career start in the Redbox Bowl against Illinois and contributed 16 tackles, his first career interception, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry
– Had four tackles at UCLA
– Recorded three tackles and one quarterback hurry in the Redbox Bowl against Illinois
– Registered two tackles at Oregon, Utah and Stanford, adding his first career interception against the Cardinal when he also named Cal's Special Teams Player of the Week
– Had a single stop vs. North Texas, at Ole Miss and vs. USC
– Played in games at Washington, vs. Oregon State and vs. Washington State but did not have any stats other than participation
– Did not play in the season-opener vs. UC Davis or against Arizona State
– Had four tackles and one interception in the spring game
2018 (fr)
– Played in 10 games all off the bench, picking up four tackles and one fumble recovery
– Recorded two tackles vs. UCLA
– Had one tackle vs. Colorado and in the Cheez-It Bowl against TCU, while adding his lone career fumble recovery against the Buffaloes
– Recorded three tackles in the spring game
2017 (redshirt fr)
– Redshirted
– Did not play
High school
– Contributed 1403 all-purpose yards and 16 touchdowns with 14 scoring catches over three varsity seasons, as well as one rushing and one punt return score while adding another four points on a pair of two-point conversion receptions for teams that combined for a 29-7 record and won an Angelus League title as a 2014 sophomore
– Finished his career with 73 catches for 1255 yards to go along with the 14 touchdown receptions on offense, as well as 119 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, seven interceptions, 12 passes defended and one fumble recovery on defense, while he had 14 punt returns for 142 yards and one touchdown on special teams
– Earned Pasadena Star-News Area and Angelus League Defensive Player of the Year honors as a 2016 senior, as well as Pasadena Sports Now All-Purpose Player of the Year, first-team all-conference and second-team Los Angeles Daily News recognition on defense for a 9-2 team that reached the first round of the Southern Section Division 3 playoffs
– Posted career highs on both sides of the ball as a senior with 70 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and five interceptions on defense, as well as 41 receptions, 688 yards receiving and 10 touchdown catches on offense
– Added one rush for six yards and a touchdown, eight punt returns for 101 yards and one touchdown, and five passes defended as a senior
– Contributed 47 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions, a career-high six passes defended and one fumble recovery on defense, as well as 32 receptions for 567 yards and four touchdown grabs as well one two-point conversion reception on offense, and six punt returns for 41 yards on special teams for a junior squad that was 9-4 overall and reached the semifinals of Southern Section Southeast Division playoffs
– Sophomore team won its first 11 games and the Angelus League title with a 5-0 conference mark before losing in the second round of Southern Section Southeast Division playoffs to finish 11-1 overall
– Wore No. 3
PERSONAL
– Born October 26, 1998
– Son of Duane and Janet Scott
– Graduated from Cal in May of 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology before earning a graduate certificate in business administration in December of 2021