Chad Scott

Position:
Tailback
Height:
5-9
Weight:
193
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Plant City, FL
High School:
Plant City/Kentucky

Enters the season competing with Ronnie McGill and Jacque Lewis for playing time in the Tar Heel backfield • Has good speed and finds holes in the line well • Also a good receiver • Has one year of eligibility remaining after transferring to Carolina from Kentucky in 2001 • Earned "Elite Ram" status in the weight room this spring.

2003: Junior season
Played in 10 games and finished fourth on the team with 182 yards rushing on 39 carries, an average of 4.7 yards per carry, and scored three touchdowns • Also caught 17 passes for 243 yards, an average of 14.3 yards per catch, and scored one touchdown • Missed the Georgia Tech game after spraining his neck against Wake Forest • Scored rushing touchdowns against East Carolina, Arizona State and Maryland • Also caught a touchdown pass against Arizona State • Had a great game in the win at East Carolina with 103 all-purpose yards, including 40 yards rushing on 10 carries and 63 yards receiving on three catches • Scored on an 8-yard run at East Carolina to give the Tar Heels a 14-10 lead • Had 100 all-purpose yards at Clemson with 73 yards rushing on 12 carries and 27 yards receiving with four catches • Scored on a 52-yard shuffle pass at Maryland and finished the game with 69 yards receiving and eight yards rushing.

2000-01: Freshman & Sophomore (Kentucky)
Played in 10 games and started eight as a freshman in 2000, leading the Wildcats in rushing with 611 yards on 130 carries and four touchdowns • Also caught 34 passes for 261 yards • Was named first-team freshman All-SEC by the SEC Coaches and was a third-team freshman All-America by The Sporting News • Had more yards from scrimmage than any other freshman running back in the league • Had a career-high 117 yards rushing against Miss. St. •Was hampered by an ankle sprain in 2001 and played in just eight games • Finished the year with 210 yards on 36 carries and caught 15 passes for 114 yards.

Plant City High School
Played football and ran track at Plant City High School •Earned all-county and all-state as a junior an a senior • Rushed for 823 yards and nine touchdowns as a sophomore, 1,012 yards and 17 touchdowns as a junior and 685 yards and nine touchdowns as a senior • Limited as a senior because of a hamstring injury •Had three receiving TDs • Coached by Todd Long •Track MVP as a sophomore and junior • District champ in the 100m and 200m in 10th grade and repeated as 200 meter champion as a junior • Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal
Born Chad Terrell Scott on June 11, 1981 in Plant City, Fla. •Enjoys playing video games, bowling and basketball • Earliest football memory was intercepting a pass in little league and running toward the wrong end zone • Sociology major.