Nick Scott stats

Panthers

Safety · #21

Age 31 · 5' 11" · 200 lbs

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Nick Scott recorded 29 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 6 games of 2026 for the Carolina Panthers. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
6
TOT
29
SOLO
21
AST
8
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
2
FF
1

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2019LAR168620.0000
2020LAR15171160.0000
2021LAR174728190.0240
2022LAR168656300.0252
2023CIN175735220.0000
2024CAR103016140.0020
2025CAR1711164470.0130
2026CAR6292180.0021

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
114
TOT
385
SOLO
237
AST
148
SACK
0.0
INT
5
PD
16
FF
3

Career Postseason

GP
7
TOT
29
SOLO
18
AST
11
SACK
0.0
INT
1
PD
4
FF
0

Per game

GP
6
TOT
4.8
SOLO
3.5
AST
1.3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.3
FF
0.2

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2019LAR160.50.40.10.00.00.00.0
2020LAR151.10.70.40.00.00.00.0
2021LAR172.81.61.10.00.10.20.0
2022LAR165.43.51.90.00.10.30.1
2023CIN173.42.11.30.00.00.00.0
2024CAR103.01.61.40.00.00.20.0
2025CAR176.53.82.80.00.10.20.0
2026CAR64.83.51.30.00.00.30.2

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
114
TOT
3.4
SOLO
2.1
AST
1.3
SACK
0.0
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0.0

Fantasy

GP
16
PPR
3.9
HALF
3.4
STD
2.9
PPG
0.2

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
SeasonTeamGPGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPRPPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALFHALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STDSTD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPGPPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2019LAR163.93.42.90.2

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Career regular season

GP
16
PPR
3.9
HALF
3.4
STD
2.9
PPG
0.2

Bio

Age
31 yearsMay 17, 1995
Height
5' 11"
Weight
200 lbs
Experience
8 yearsDebut 2019
Birthplace
Fairfax, VA
Draft
2019Rd 7, Pk 243
College
Penn State
Salary
$2 million2026

Against other safeties

2026 regular season, 114 NFL safeties with 6+ games.

  • Tackles29

    Higher than 51% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 81% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Passes Defended2

    Higher than 53% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

Latest performance

Nick Scott

Oct 29 · @ GB · L 27-19

TOT
5
SOLO
3
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1

Snap counts, 2026

82% of his club's defensive snaps a game (336 in 6 games); 100% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1CHI7296%0
2ATL57%0
4DET7099%0
6PHI64100%0
7TB5689%0
8GB69100%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Nick Scott has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026, ruled out 1 time.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
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From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

Games

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vs DENSun, Nov 08

vs DEN since 2022

1
GP
2
TOT
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Thu, Oct 29atGBL 27-195300
Sun, Oct 25vsTBL 43-137400
Sun, Oct 18atPHIW 25-146600
Sun, Oct 04vsDETW 32-263200
Sun, Sep 20atATLW 34-31100
Sun, Sep 13vsCHIL 59-377500

What are Nick Scott's career stats?

Nick Scott has played 8 seasons for the Rams, the Bengals and the Panthers. He has recorded 385 tackles and 5 interceptions. His best season so far is 2025: 111 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 11 @ TEN on Oct 1, 2023, L 27-3
Nick Scott's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20267
202510
20246
202311
20229
20215
20205
20192

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2019.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 3 postseasons, 2019 to 2026

Championships

Nick Scott college stats

Nick Scott played 4 seasons at Penn State Nittany Lions (2015 to 2018): 113 tackles, 1 sacks and 3 interceptions.

passing

Nick Scott's college passing by season
SeasonSchoolCMPCMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATTCMP%CMP%: Share of passes that were caught. The league average sits near 65%.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.INTINT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.LNGSACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.RTGRTG: Passer rating on the NFL's 0-158.3 scale, built from completion rate, yards, touchdowns and interceptions.
2015Penn State Nittany Lions22100462310320458.2

rushing

Nick Scott's college rushing by season
SeasonSchoolCARCAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2015Penn State Nittany Lions301334.4135

receiving

Nick Scott's college receiving by season
SeasonSchoolRECREC: Passes caught.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2015Penn State Nittany Lions44310.8022

defensive

Nick Scott's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2015Penn State Nittany Lions853000000
2016Penn State Nittany Lions835100000
2017Penn State Nittany Lions321715000000
2018Penn State Nittany Lions6535301103160

scoring

Nick Scott's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2015Penn State Nittany Lions110010006
2017Penn State Nittany Lions000110006

returning

Nick Scott's college returning by season
YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2015Penn State Nittany Lions13310005813310058
2016Penn State Nittany Lions613800306138030

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Nick Scott's college game log.

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Playoff games

Nick Scott played 7 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 5 won, 2 lost.

Nick Scott's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025LARL 34-3190.00
2021ARIW 34-1110.00
2021TBW 30-2750.01
2021SFW 20-1760.00
2021CINW 23-2020.00
2020SEAW 30-2010.00
2020GBL 32-1850.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.