Cameron David "Scooter" Magruder (born December 2, 1988) is an American
YouTube personality, actor, comedian and
new media consultant. As of October 2021, the videos on his primary account have been viewed over 97 million times with over 603,000 subscribers to his channel.
Biography
Magruder was born in
Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
.
In the summer of 2003, Magruder was a contestant on the
reality show
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''
Endurance 2'', which aired on
NBC &
Discovery Kids. The show was taped in
Baja California and was hosted by
JD Roth.
The show prompted Magruder to begin creating videos.
It was also during this show where Magruder learned the ins and outs of television production.
Magruder and his partner Christa Scholtz competed as the Blue Team and finished in 6th place.
He graduated from
Dr. Phillips High School
Dr. Phillips High School is a public high school in Dr. Phillips, Florida, United States, near Orlando.
It serves the Dr. Phillips census-designated place (CDP), the Bay Hill CDP, and the residential portion of Lake Buena Vista.
History
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in 2007 as senior class president.
He then attended and graduated from the
University of Florida cum laude
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with a degree in telecommunication production.
After graduation, Magruder completed one year with
Americorps
AmeriCorps (officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work prog ...
.
Career
Magruder started regularly posting YouTube videos in August 2011. Magruder makes videos on wide ranging topics, including Top 100 videos where he lists 100 things of a certain genre, and his "Not About That Life" series where he rants about things he hates and/or doesn't understand, and multiple other formats, including
vlogs, how-to videos, and relationship advice videos. Each video is introduced by Magruder saying "What's up guys, hope you're doing well." Each video ends by him saying his catch phrases: "No Jugamos Juegos" (Translated from Spanish meaning "we don't play games") and "Throw me the alley." None of Magruder's videos contain any
curse words
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since he tries to exemplify his
Christian values through his videos.
Magruder's videos have been posted on
the Huffington Post,
RightThisMinute
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,
NBATV,
ESPN,
the
Orlando Sentinel,
the
Miami Herald
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,
and even the
Today Show.
His most successful video to date is "Top 100 Things
Fortnite Players Say" with over 4,400,000 views.
In the summer of 2012, Magruder was selected to be one of sixteen YouTube Next Vloggers.
Vloggers received $5,000 in equipment, $10,000 in YouTube promotional advertisement for their channel, as well as mentoring from other Top Vloggers such as
iJustine and
Natalie Tran
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She began posting on YouTube in 2006 while a ...
of
Community Channel Sixteen "Next Vloggers" in total were selected from over thousands of applicants worldwide.
Magruder is very famous for his videos titled "Things _____ fans say" where he imitates a certain team's fanbase. He has also made it known he is a huge fan of
sports. He is a fan of the
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The franchise was establ ...
for
Basketball because Orlando is his birthplace. He is a fan of the
Florida Gators
The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Florida, located in Gainesville. The University of Florida, its athletic program, its alumni and its sports fans are often collectively referred to as t ...
for
college sports because he got his education from the University of Florida. He is a fan of the
Dallas Cowboys for
Football
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because as he describes: "he's an American citizen" (In reference to the Cowboys titular nickname America's Team). His dad was a Cowboys fan whilst his mother was a Dolphins fan. He also roots for the
Tampa Bay Rays and the
Tampa Bay Lightning. Starting in 2020, Magruder became a part of "Clickbait Sports", a weekly show about sports hosted by himself, Five Points Vids, Urinating Tree, Tom Grossi and That's Good Sports. The videos are simulcasted on Magruder's
Twitch, as well as the other's
Youtube channel.
References
External links
Scooter Magruder's WebsiteScooter Magruder's Channelon
YouTube
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1988 births
Living people
African-American male comedians
American male comedians
21st-century American comedians
American Internet celebrities
Dr. Phillips High School alumni
Male actors from Orlando, Florida
University of Florida alumni
21st-century African-American people
American Christians
African-American Christians
Participants in American reality television series
20th-century African-American people