{"id":246435,"date":"2026-04-25T17:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246435\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:44:14","slug":"bucs-go-back-to-miami-for-cb-keionte-scott-joebucsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246435\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucs Go Back To Miami For CB Keionte Scott – JoeBucsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bucs CB Keionte Scott.<\/p>\n

Hey, it worked on Day 1, why not on Day 3?<\/p>\n

The Bucs need corner help. And it the Bucs went back to South Florida for\u00a0 help. The Bucs chose in the fourth round Keionte Scott of the national runners-up Hurricanes.<\/p>\n

Per the research from veteran NFL scribe Bob McGinn of GoLongTD.com, based on talks with NFL scouts, Scott is McGinn\u2019s ninth-best corner in the draft.<\/p>\n

9. KEIONTE SCOTT, Miami (5-11, 192, 4.36, 2-3): There\u2019s little doubt that Scott moved up after running a sizzling 40 on March 24 at pro day. \u201cThat shocked me because you don\u2019t see that going downfield,\u201d one scout said. \u201cSo that will help him out. He\u2019s a slot guy. I don\u2019t see him as an outside corner so that will hurt him. Smart, feisty, quick. He\u2019ll trigger in run support and get in there and stick his face in. He\u2019ll go in the second round.\u201d Two-time JUCO All-America pick.<\/p>\n

Started 23 of 33 games at Auburn in 2022-\u201924 before starting 12 of 14 games for the national runner-up in \u201925. \u201cHe had a really good year at Auburn in \u201923,\u201d a second scout said. \u201cThey changed schemes in \u201924 and his (new) position coach said you can\u2019t play like this with your back to the ball. He wanted him to play on top and use his eyes. He struggled. They had a big falling-out and he went to Miami. They utilized him the right way and he showed back up again this year. He\u2019s really more of a zone nickel than a man-to-man, run-down-the-field, find-the-ball and make-a-play-on-it (nickel), which is a little concerning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finished with 179 tackles (19 for loss), three picks, 14 passes defensed and two forced fumbles. Arms were 31 3\/8. \u201cSmaller nickel close to the line of scrimmage,\u201d a third scout said. \u201cKind of what you saw against Ohio State (in the CFP quarterfinals). That\u2019s where he makes all his plays. He does have very good speed. He can return punts. Maybe fourth round. He\u2019s 25 right now, isn\u2019t he?\u201d Will be 25 in August.<\/p>\n

Led the SEC in punt-return average in 2023 at 14.8. Finished with 43 punt returns for 10.3 and one touchdown and four kickoff returns for 16.0. Committed to Houston in 2025 before flipping to Miami. From San Diego.<\/p>\n

Joe is going to guess Scott will compete for the nickel corner spot. The Bucs should (will?) move Jacob Parrish from nickel to outside corner. Yeah, he\u2019s that good.<\/p>\n

What does Joe read into this? Simple: Zyon McCollum, you are on notice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bucs CB Keionte Scott. Hey, it worked on Day 1, why not on Day 3? The Bucs need…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10998,10997,123,125,124,2964],"class_list":{"0":"post-246435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-bucs-message-boards","9":"tag-bucs-news","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-miami-headlines","12":"tag-miami-news","13":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}