Safety, California, 2018–⁠22

Daniel Scott

Number: No. 32
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 215 lb
Class (2022): Senior
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
Born: Oct 26, 1998

Daniel Scott played safety at California (2018–⁠22). The Indianapolis Colts took Scott in round 5, No. 158 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 85; Tackles, 2022 (California, 4–⁠8)
Drafted: No. 158; Round 5, 2023 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

16tackles, career highvs. UCLA, 2022

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

7–⁠68–⁠51–⁠35–⁠74–⁠8

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2018	California	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2019	California	14	6	0	0	1	0	1
2020	California	20	10	0	0	0	0	1
2021	California	82	60	4.5	1	3	2	2
2022	California	85	57	2.5	0	3	4	2
Career		204	136	7	1	7	6	6

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2018	California	32	S	Yr 1
2019	California	32	S	Yr 2
2020	California	32	S	Yr 3
2021	California	32	S	Yr 4
2022	California	32	S	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′2″	215

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 California 12 games, 85 tackles, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.UC Davis	W 34–⁠13	3	3	1	0	1
Sep 10	vs.UNLV	W 20–⁠14	6	4	0	0	0
Sep 17	atNotre Dame	L 17–⁠24	5	2	0	0	0
Sep 24	vs.Arizona	W 49–⁠31	7	5	0	1	0
Oct 1	atWashington State	L 9–⁠28	6	4	0	1	0
Oct 15	atColorado	L 13–⁠20	5	3	0	0	0
Oct 22	vs.Washington	L 21–⁠28	8	5	0	0	1
Oct 29	vs.Oregon	L 24–⁠42	9	5	0	0	0
Nov 5	atUSC	L 35–⁠41	2	2	0	0	0
Nov 12	atOregon State	L 10–⁠38	8	4	0.5	0	1
Nov 19	vs.Stanford	W 27–⁠20	10	8	0	1	0
Nov 25	vs.UCLA	L 28–⁠35	16	12	1	0	1

2021 California 12 games, 82 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.Nevada	L 17–⁠22	5	5	0	0	0	0
Sep 11	atTCU	L 32–⁠34	7	5	0.5	0	1	0
Sep 18	vs.Sacramento State	W 42–⁠30	7	3	0	0	1	0
Sep 25	atWashington	L 24–⁠31	8	6	0	0	0	0
Oct 2	vs.Washington State	L 6–⁠21	6	5	1	0	1	1
Oct 15	atOregon	L 17–⁠24	6	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 23	vs.Colorado	W 26–⁠3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 30	vs.Oregon State	W 39–⁠25	4	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 6	atArizona	L 3–⁠10	12	8	0	0	0	0
Nov 20	atStanford	W 41–⁠11	4	3	1	0	0	0
Nov 27	atUCLA	L 14–⁠42	12	10	0	0	0	1
Dec 4	vs.USC	W 24–⁠14	10	8	2	1	0	0

2020 California 4 games, 20 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo
Nov 15	atUCLA	L 10–⁠34	11	6
Nov 21	atOregon State	L 27–⁠31	2	0
Nov 27	vs.Stanford	L 23–⁠24	4	2
Dec 5	vs.Oregon	W 21–⁠17	3	2

2019 California 8 games, 14 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 14	vs.North Texas	W 23–⁠17	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sep 21	atOle Miss	W 28–⁠20	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 5	atOregon	L 7–⁠17	2	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 26	atUtah	L 0–⁠35	2	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 16	vs.USC	L 17–⁠41	1	0	0	0	0	0
Nov 23	atStanford	W 24–⁠20	–	–	–	–	1	–
Nov 30	atUCLA	W 28–⁠18	4	2	0	0	0	0
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Illinois	W 35–⁠20	3	3	0	0	0	0

2018 California 2 games, 3 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Oct 13	vs.UCLA	L 7–⁠37	2	2	0	0	0	0
Dec 26 ✦	vs.TCU	L 7–⁠10	1	1	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2023 Senior Bowl (National team, won 27–⁠10).

Drill	Combine 2023
Height	6′0⅞″
Weight	208 lb
Arm length	30¼″
Hand size	10″
Wingspan	74⅜″^W
40-yard dash	4.45 s
10-yard split	1.55 s^W
Vertical jump	39½″
Broad jump	10′8″
Bench press	22 reps
3-cone drill	6.75 s
20-yard shuttle	4.17 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2025	Indianapolis Colts	2	2	0	0

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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