Zavier Scott
American football player (born 1999)
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Zavier Scott (born July 17, 1999) is an American professional football player who is a running back for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UConn Huskies and Maine Black Bears.
Fort Hood, Texas, U.S.
| No. 36 – Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Born | July 17, 1999 Fort Hood, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 221 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Vilseck (Vilseck, Germany) | ||||||||||||
| College | |||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2023: undrafted | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||||||||||
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Early life
Scott was born July 17, 1999,[1] at the United States Army base Fort Hood in Texas. His father served in the Army, and the family moved several times during Scott's childhood, including to Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Germany. While attending Vilseck High School in Vilseck, Germany, Scott had the opportunity to play American football against U.S. military base teams across Europe.[2]
College career
Scott played college football for the Connecticut Huskies in 2017; he redshirted his freshman season. Playing both running back and wide receiver, he played in ten games in 2018 and four games in 2019.[3]
Scott transferred to play for the Maine Black Bears starting with the 2020 season, which took place in spring of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, playing in two games that season. He played in 11 games in both 2021 and 2022. While playing running back and wide receiver, Scott was also a kick returner at Maine, and additionally took snaps at tight end and as a quarterback in the Wildcat formation.[4] In 2022, he was named third-team all-Colonial Athletic Association Football Conference as a fullback/halfback.[5][6]
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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| 6 ft 0+3⁄4 in (1.85 m) | 219 lb (99 kg) | 31 in (0.79 m) | 10+1⁄8 in (0.26 m) | 4.49 s | 4.11 s | 7.04 s | 37.5 in (0.95 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | 16 reps | |||
| All values from Pro Day[7] | ||||||||||||
Indianapolis Colts
After going unselected in the 2023 NFL draft, Scott signed with the Indianapolis Colts on April 29, 2023.[8] He signed to the Colts' practice squad on October 17.[9] On November 12, the Colts defeated the New England Patriots in the team's first-ever game played in Germany,[10] where Scott graduated from high school; Germany native Marcel Dabo, who played safety for the Colts, was present for the game as well.[11]
Scott signed a reserve/futures contract with the Colts on January 8, 2024.[12] He was waived on August 27, 2024.[13]
Minnesota Vikings
On August 29, 2024, Scott signed with the Minnesota Vikings practice squad.[14] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 16, 2025.[15] Scott earned a place on the Vikings' 53-man roster after the 2025 preseason, signing a one-year, $840,000 contract[16] and becoming one of two former Maine Black Bears players on active NFL rosters.[17] In 2025, he played on special teams[18][19][20] and in a reserve role behind Aaron Jones and Jordan Mason.[21][22]
On March 9, 2026, Scott re-signed with the Vikings.[23]
NFL career statistics
Personal life
Scott married sprint car driver McKenna Haase in March 2025.[24]