Agreed to terms with Saints, 5/2/21…Jones was a four-year letterman for Indiana and played a key role in the program's resurgence…The Syracuse, N.Y. native finished his career fourth in program history with 30 rushing touchdowns, fifth with 32 total touchdowns, seventh with 562 attempts, ninth with 2,543 rushing yards and tied for 10th with nine 100‐yard games…Scott joined running back Anthony Thompson (1986‐89) and quarterback Antwaan Randle El (1998‐2001) as the only Hoosiers to score at least 10 rushing touchdowns in three‐straight seasons…In an abbreviated Big Ten season in 2020, totaled 561 rushing yards (4th in the Big Ten) on 156 attempts (2nd) with 10 TDs (2nd, T‐22nd) and ranked second in the conference with 10 total TDs…Earned second-team All-Big Ten from both conference coaches and media…Reached the end zone twice in the opening win over No. 8 Penn State, Oct. 24...Collected 97 yards on 24 carries (4.0 average) and scored twice in the No. 23 Michigan victory, Nov.7…In 2019, he started all 11 games he played in and rushed for 845 yards on 178 attempts (4.7 avg.) with 10 TDs and caught 26 passes for 211 yards and one TD, despite missing two games to injury…Second-team All-Big Ten (coaches and media)…Rushed for 164 yards, the second-highest total of his career, on just 12 attempts (13.7) with a career-best rush of 57 yards in a victory over Rutgers, Oct. 12…Posted a career-best 41 yards on four grabs in addition to 68 yards on 16 rushes (4.3) with one score in the victory at Nebraska, Oct. 26...Gained 116 yards on 26 attempts (4.5) with his first-career three-touchdown game (2 rushing, 1 receiving) in win against Northwestern, Nov. 2...In 2018, he set IU true freshman records with 1,137 yards, 228 attempts, 10 TDs and six 100‐yard games, also catching 16 passes for 86 yards with one TD…Appeared in 12 games with 11 starts and averaged 101.9 all-purpose yards per game…Set career-highs with 31 carries and 204 yards (6.6 average) to go along with a career-long TD run of 40 yards in the Virginia win, Sept. 8...Became 15th player (32 times) in program history to reach 200 yards...The 204 yards are the second-most (207) for a Hoosier true freshman back and one of four 200-yarders (third-highest) for a Big Ten back in 2018...Made it back-to-back 100-yard games with 114 yards on 18 attempts (6.3 avg.) and two scores in a win over Ball State, Sept. 15... Liberal studies major…Played running back and linebacker at Christian Brothers (Syracuse, N.Y.) Academy...2016 All-State and All-Central New York selection...Injury limited him to three games in 2017...Rushed for 2,500 yards and 42 touchdowns over his sophomore and junior seasons...As a junior, carried the ball 135 times for 1,418 yards (10.5 average) with 21 TDs...Recorded seven 100-yard games...Ranked the No. 89 running back nationally by 247Sports and the No. 12 prospect in New York by Rivals...Born on May 13, 2000.
