2026 NFL Draft Scouting Report: Miami Slot CB Keionte Scott

All my scouting notes on the strengths, concerns, usage/role, skill set summary, NFL comparison and grade/projection for Miami Slot CB Keionte Scott

Miami Slot CB Keionte Scott

Height: 5-11 1/4
Weight: 193
Arm Length: 31 3/8 inches
Hand Size: 9 5/8
Wingspan: 76 5/8
Birthdate: 08/11/01 (will be a 25 year-old rookie)
Jersey No.: #0
Production: 47 games, 2,093 snaps, 19 TFLs (13 in 2025!), 5 sacks (all in 2025!), 3 INTs (2 in 2025), 14 PBUs, 2 FFs (both in 2025), 40 missed tackles per PFF (18.3 percent MT rate) - 2 years at Snow College (JUCO), 3 years at Auburn, 2025 at Miami
Games Watched: Ohio State, Texas A&M, Indiana, Florida, Louisville

Best Traits/Abilities

• One of the best blitzing defensive backs in college ball. Timing, paths to the ball, block avoidance, speed to close down quarterbacks, physicality. If he was a little better finisher he would have had more than five sacks. Constant disruption
• Closes down everything in the flat and short passing game. Blows up screens, takes out blockers or dips under them to make a tackle attempt. Even when he isn’t able to finish, creates disruption that everyone else on the defense benefits from
• Good awareness in zone, keeps his head on a swivel and doesn’t get caught just defending grass. Processes routes and picks up players, gains depth when he needs to, re-routes players when he can. Eyes always working, from reading the quarterback to identifying potential threats.
• Created a bunch of turn-downs (quarterback wants to throw the ball to a target, but can’t because of Scott’s coverage) for opposing quarterbacks that created coverage sacks for Miami