2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 10
Miles Scott
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 210
- Major:
- Health Communication
- Hometown:
- Dolton, Ill.
- High School:
- St. Thomas More (Conn.)
 2025 All-Big Ten |
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2025 Senior
- All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (coaches and media)
- CSC Academic All-District
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Team captain
- Played and started in all 13 games
- 64 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, four pass breakups, and three interceptions on the season
- Led the team and ranked 10th in the Big Ten with three interceptions during the regular season
- Second on the team in tackles (64)
- Second on the team in pass breakups (4)
- Career-high two interceptions to go with four tackles (three solo) in rivalry win vs. Northwestern (11/29/25)
- Seven tackles (six solo), including first-career sack and a pass breakup at Wisconsin (11/22/25)
- Five tackles (all solo) with an interception in home win vs. Maryland (11/15/25)
- Six tackles (all solo) with a tackle for loss at Washington (10/25/25)
- Career-high 10 tackles (seven solo) with a tackle for loss in win vs. #21 USC (9/27/25)
- Five tackles (three solow) with a tackle for loss in win vs. Western Michigan (9/13/25)
- Six tackles (five solo) in win at Duke (9/6/25)
2024 Junior
- Team captain
- CSC Academic All-District
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in all 13 games with 12 starts
- 55 tackles (33 solo), one forced fumble, on fumble recovery, and four pass breakups on the season
- First fumble recovery of the season (second of career) against #24 Michigan (10/19/24)
- Fourth-career interception and career-high nine tackles against #19 Kansas (9/7/24)
- Named to PFF's Week 1 Team of the Week
- First-career forced fumble and third-career interception against EIU (8/29/24)
- Athlon Preseason All-Big Ten Fourth Team
- Burlsworth Trophy nominee
2023 Sophomore
- Academic All-Big Ten
- CSC Academic All-District
- Started all 12 games at safety
- Recorded at least five tackles 10 of 12 games after switching from WR to DB
- Second on the team in total tackles (63) behind LB Dylan Rosiek
- Career-high seven tackles three times: at Kansas (9/8/23), vs. FAU (9/23/23) and vs. Nebraska (10/6/23)
- Scored 48-yard pick-6 in first career game on defense in win over Toledo (9/2/23), and was graded by PFF as the No. 1 DB and No. 3 defensive player overall (first in B1G) in Week 1
- Finished Toledo game with six tackles, included five solo stops, to go along with his interception, and was the nation's No. 1 graded defensive back and the No. 3-graded defender overall (first in B1G), according to PFF
- Illinois Student-Athlete Council executive for diversity and inclusion
- Switched from wide receiver to defensive back during spring practices
2022 Redshirt Freshman
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Played in all 13 games
- Four receptions for 29 yards on the season
- Two punt returns for nine yards on the season
- Career-long 19-yard reception against Chattanooga 9/22/22
2021 Freshman
- Played in four games with one start and redshirted the season
High School
- Completed a prep year at St. Thomas More in Oakdale, Connecticut in 2020
- Played high school football at St. Laurence and Thornton Fractional North
- CCL All-Conference
- National Honor Society
- Honor Roll
- Also competed in track for two years
Personal
- Born March 28, 2002
- Son of Gerald and Arnita Scott
- Chose Illinois because of the “outstanding staff, great culture, great education, and it’s close to home.
- Graduated from the University of Illinois in May 2025 with a degree in Kinesiology
- Majoring in health communication
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