Bernard Scott
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Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
 Scott with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | February 10, 1984 Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Vernon (Vernon, Texas) | ||||||||||||||
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| NFL draft | 2009: 6th round, 209th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Anthony Bernard Scott (born February 10, 1984) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 2009 NFL draft. He played college football for the Abilene Christian Wildcats. His brother Daryl Richardson is also a former NFL running back.
A native of Vernon, Texas, Scott had a troubled past.[1] A Class 3A first-team all-state selection as a high school junior in 2001, Scott was kicked off his high school team at Vernon High School because of an off-campus fight after the season.[1] He was not eligible for his senior year, and finally graduated from Wichita Falls High School in 2003.
College career
He went on to attend Central Arkansas University, where he earned Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Year honors in 2004, but was eventually dismissed from the football team for hitting a coach, along with a few other issues.[1] Scott transferred to Blinn College, where he was a first-team NJCAA All-America after leading the Buccaneers to a 12–0 season and the NJCAA national championship. Scott averaged 154.4 rushing yards per game, and he finished his only junior college season with a junior college-best 1,892 yards and 27 touchdowns. He was also first-team all Southwestern Junior College Football Conference.
Rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Scott drew some interest by Arkansas and Fresno State,[2] but eventually enrolled at Abilene Christian University in 2007. He had finished runner-up in the voting for the 2007 Harlon Hill Trophy to Danny Woodhead. In that year, Scott broke the league's single-season rushing record with 2,165 yards and set a pair of NCAA Division II single-season records with 39 total touchdowns and 234 points scored.[3] In 2008, Scott won the Harlon Hill Trophy in a landslide, getting the third-highest vote total in the 23-year history of the trophy.
