{"id":139328,"date":"2023-03-14T17:16:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T21:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=139328"},"modified":"2023-03-14T17:16:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T21:16:14","slug":"boston-scott-signs-contract-with-philadelphia-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/14\/boston-scott-signs-contract-with-philadelphia-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Scott Signs Contract With Philadelphia Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran NFL running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/ScotBo02.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Scott<\/a> has signed a new contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>. Scott, a dynamic offensive playmaker, spent the first five years of his career with the Eagles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eagles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Eagles<\/a> aren\u2019t done in the backfield: The team agreed to terms on a one-year deal worth about $2 million with RB Boston Scott, per source. <\/p>\n<p>Fans\u2019 favorite \u201cGiant Killer\u201d is back for a sixth season in Philadelphia. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vcU7RyP0QB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/vcU7RyP0QB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1635749047272189953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Boston Scott, Philadelphia Eagles, Agree to Contract<\/h2>\n<p>To date, Boston Scott has been a fantastic committee back. On the one hand, he could be a lead-back in a backfield rotation. There is the argument he has been limited in the Eagles system. However, one cannot deny that he has thrived in his role since being drafted.<\/p>\n<p>Back in college, Scott only had 793 yards rushing over his first four years at Louisiana Tech. Then, in 2017, his breakout campaign of 1,047 yards rushing drew the attention of the NFL. Then, in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/saints\/\" target=\"_self\">New Orleans Saints<\/a> selected him 201st overall. Scott was then placed on the practice squad, after having made it on the 53-man roster in September.<\/p>\n<p>Three months later, the Eagles brought Scott on to their 53-man roster from the Saints practice squad. In the following season, Scott rushed for 245 yards and five touchdowns on 61 carries while catching 24 receptions for 204 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s role rose in the 2020 NFL season by becoming the backup running back as he played all 16 games for the Eagles. He had one of his better single-season performances that season by rushing for 374 yards and a touchdown on 80 carries while catching 25 receptions for 212 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Scott became a role player in the Eagles\u2019 RPO-orientated offense installed by Head Coach Nick Sirianni in 2021. He rushed for 373 yards and seven touchdowns on 87 carries that season. Scott was a part of the Eagles\u2019 top-ranked rushing offense along with dual-threat quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/H\/HurtJa00.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Hurts<\/a> and running back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/S\/SandMi01.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miles Sanders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This past season, Scott was a key contributor to the Eagles offensive breakthrough. He rushed for 217 yards on 54 carries in the Eagles\u2019 Super Bowl LVII contending team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Scott is coming off a season that saw him rush for 217 yards on 54 carries with the Super Bowl contending Eagles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2349,"featured_media":139361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,21],"tags":[9641,9566,3971,7650,7393],"class_list":["post-139328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-eagles","tag-2023-nfl-free-agency","tag-2023-nfl-season","tag-boston-scott","tag-eagles-featured","tag-philadelphia-eagles-news"],"modified_by":"Mason Smoller, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}