Jacob E Scott III was an American professional football player who was a safety and punt returner from 1970 to 1978 for the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins of the National Football League.
29 Facts About Jake Scott
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Jake Scott played college football for Georgia, and was selected by the Dolphins in the seventh round of the 1970 NFL draft.
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Jake Scott recorded 35 interceptions in his six seasons as a Dolphin, and another 14 in his three years with the Redskins.
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Jake Scott was a five-time first or second team All-Pro, and won back-to-back Super Bowl Championships in 1972 and 1973, including winning the MVP of Super Bowl VII.
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Jake Scott wore number 13 throughout his career, which was later made famous in Miami by Dan Marino, and has since been retired in Marino's honor.
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In 1967, Jake Scott was named first-team All-SEC defensive back by the Associated Press, and in 1968 again in both the AP and the UPI.
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Jake Scott holds the current Georgia record for career interceptions.
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Jake Scott was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Athens Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Jake Scott left the University of Georgia after his Junior year to go to Canada and play professional football in the CFL.
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Jake Scott began his professional career in 1969 in the Canadian Football League as a flanker and kick returner with the BC Lions.
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Jake Scott recorded 224 kickoff return yards, which led the team.
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Jake Scott was selected by the Miami Dolphins during the seventh round, 159th overall, in the 1970 NFL draft, where in his rookie year, he recorded five interceptions and returned one punt return for touchdown.
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Jake Scott set a record by being the first player to recover 2 fumbles in one game.
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Jake Scott first established the record for most career fumble recoveries in Super Bowls at two, a record now shared by 12 others.
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Jake Scott is still the only player to have recovered one of his own team's fumbles and one of his opponent's fumbles in a single Super Bowl game.
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Jake Scott made 35 interceptions playing 6 seasons for Miami, making him the Dolphins' all-time leader in that category.
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Jake Scott played for the Redskins the final 3 years of his career.
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Jake Scott led the NFL in punt return yards in 1971 with 318 and finished top ten in punt returns yards a total of four times over his NFL career.
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Jake Scott finished his NFL career with 1,357 punt return yards with a 10.4 yards per return average, and an additional 137 kick return yards.
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Jake Scott was inducted into the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame in 1998.
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Jake Scott was one of only three living Super Bowl MVPs who did not attend Super Bowl XL, when all previous MVPs were honored prior to the game; the other no-shows were Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana.
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Jake Scott did attend Super Bowl 50 and was introduced during pre-game festivities.
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Jake Scott was inducted with Bill Stanfill into the Miami Dolphins Honor Roll on November 18,2010.
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Jake Scott was a lifelong bachelor, who enjoyed fishing and traveling.
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Jake Scott had a falling out with at the time Miami Dolphins Head Coach Don Shula which eventually resulted in his trade to the Washington Redskins and lasted well into his retirement.
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Many years later, the two reconciled, and Jake Scott later attended his Miami Dolphins Honor Roll enshrinement as well as Super Bowl 50.
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Jake Scott died at the age of 75 on November 19,2020, after falling down a flight of steps while visiting friends in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Jake Scott is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.
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Jake Scott was cremated and his ashes were spread in the waters of Hanalei Bay.