Jake Scott (American football player, 1945)
| Jake Scott | |
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Positions: Safety , Return Specialist |
Jersey number (s): 13 |
| born July 20, 1945 in Greenwood , South Carolina | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1969 - 1978 | |
| NFL Draft : 1970 / Round: 7 / Pick: 159 | |
| College : Georgia | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Interceptions | 49 |
| INT return yards | 551 |
| Return yards | 1,474 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Jacob E. "Jake" Scott III (born July 20, 1945 in Greenwood , South Carolina ) is a retired American Canadian football and American football player in the position of safety and return specialist . He played college football at the University of Georgia and was drafted in the seventh round of the 1970 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins .
For his performance in Super Bowl VII , he was elected Super Bowl MVP .
With 35 interceptions , he currently holds the franchise record at the Dolphins for most interceptions (as of October 2019).
Football career
college
Jake Scott played college football at the University of Georgia from 1967 to 1968 . During this time he caught 16 interceptions and was able to run 315 interception return yards . This means that he holds the records in both fields at the college. After his sophomore year of college , he went to Canada to avoid military service.
NFL
Scott began his professional football career in 1969 in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the BC Lions as a defensive back and kick returner . In the 1970 NFL Draft , he was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 7th round in 159th place. In his rookie season he was able to catch five interceptions and successfully run a punt to a touchdown. The following year he was able to catch seven interceptions and led the league with 318 punt return yards. Through these performances he received his first of five Pro Bowl nominations and helped the Dolphins to reach Super Bowl VI , which they lost 3:24 to the Dallas Cowboys .
The 1972 season was a special one for Scott and the Dolphins players as they achieved the first and only (as of August 2017) perfect season in the NFL. that is, they didn't lose a game that year. In the following Super Bowl VII , the Washington Redskins were weakly favored, although the Dolphins had won all games so far this season. However, the Redskins failed on the one hand to establish the running game and on the other hand, their quarterback Billy Kilmer was put under enormous pressure by the Dolphins' defense. The defensive game was won by Miami 14: 7, making it the Super Bowl with the fewest points scored. Scott, who caught two of three interceptions in the game, was voted the most valuable player of the game . He was the first defensive back and at that point only the second defense player to receive the award.
The 1973 season ended with the Dolphins defending the Super Bowls title . In the final they defeated the Vikings 24: 7. Scott recorded two fumbles in the game , recorded 20 punt returns and 47 kickoff return yards. With the two recorded fumbles he set a new record for the Super Bowls, which is currently shared by 13 other players.
Scott played for the Dolphins until 1975 , with a clever pretext making him one of the highest-paid defensive backs of the time. Together with his partner Safety Dick Anderson , he was an important part of Defense, as No Name Defense ( Defense of the Nameless ) went down in the history of the NFL. During that time, Scott was also elected to the Pro Bowl five times in a row . Before the 1976 season he had a heated dispute with head coach Don Shula , with whom he was otherwise on friendly terms. Scott was then traded to the Washington Redskins in exchange for Safety Bryan Salter . For Washington he played until 1978 and then ended his football career.
After the playing career
After his football career, Scott lived secluded from the sporting world in the mountains of Colorado and Hawaii . Since there were hardly any photos of him that showed him after his football career, it was not until 2006 that he was brought back into the public eye.
Honors
On November 18, 2010, Scott was inducted into the Miami Dolphins Honor Roll along with Bill Stanfill . After more than 35 years, Scott was bestowed this honor after he, Shula, and the Dolphins had a controversial argument in which Scott was eventually transferred to the Redskins, turning away from the Dolphins.
In 2011, Scott was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame .
On the occasion of the 50th Super Bowl , the commissioners of the Pro Football Hall of Fame set up an anniversary Super Bowl Golden Team on January 28, 2016 , which considered the players with the best performances in the Super Bowl. Scott was elected together with Ronnie Lott on the position of safety.
Web links
- Jake Scott in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jake Scott at pro-football-reference.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Miami Dolphins Career Defense Leaders - Pro-Football-Reference.com. In: pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d The Best Miami Dolphins Not in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Defense). In: bleacherreport.com. March 9, 2011, accessed October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Stefan Feldmann: SUPER BOWL - THE 1970s: VII - 1972. In: bigplay.ch. January 24, 2010, accessed October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Super Bowl Records: Individual - Fumbles. In: nfl.com. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c d Dave Hyde: Nov. 2006: Where's Jake Scott? Dave Hyde found him. South Florida Sun-Sentinel, November 19, 2006, accessed October 6, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Ben Volin: Ex-Dolphins' safety Jake Scott, defensive end Bill Stanfill to be inducted in team's honor roll. In: palmbeachpost.com. June 3, 2010, accessed August 17, 2017 .
- ↑ Stefan Feldmann: For the anniversary: Hall of Fame chooses “Super Bowl Golden Team”. In: bigplay.ch. January 30, 2016, accessed October 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Jim Reineking: Super Bowl 50 Golden Team. In: nfl.com. January 28, 2016, accessed October 3, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Scott, Jake |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scott, Jacob E. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player and Canadian football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greenwood (South Carolina) , South Carolina , United States |