Lindsay Eugene Scott (born December 6, 1960) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

wide receiver, who played for the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

and the

New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...

. He was the 13th overall pick in the

1982 NFL Draft The 1982 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 27–28, 1982, at the New York Sh ...

and played four seasons for the Saints. He was inducted into the Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame in 1997.

Run, Lindsay

In 1980, during the Florida–Georgia game, deep in their own territory, with a perfect season on the line and only a minute left in the game, Georgia quarterback

Buck Belue Benjamin Franklin "Buck" Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981. He was the quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1980, when the team went 12–0, and, after beating Notre Dame in the Suga ...

hit Scott at the Georgia 25-yard-line in stride. Scott darted through Florida's secondary and reached the end zone with only seconds left. Long-time Georgia radio announcer Larry Munson's play-by-play gave the game and play its name:

''Florida in a stand-up five, they may or may not blitz, they won't... Buck back, third down on the eight. In trouble! Got a block behind him... Gonna throw on the run—complete on the 25. To the 30, Lindsay Scott 35, 40, Lindsay Scott 45, 50, 45, 40—Run, Lindsay!--25, 20, 15, 10, 5, Lindsay Scott! Lindsay Scott! Lindsay Scott!!''

The game kept alive Georgia's chance for the national title, which they ended up winning. In 2010 Robbie Burns published ''Belue to Scott!: The Greatest Moment in Georgia Football History'', which details this play.

NFL lawsuit

In May 2012, Scott was one of more than 100 former NFL players that sued the league over brain injuries from concussions.

References

1960 births Living people American football wide receivers Georgia Bulldogs football players New Orleans Saints players People from Jesup, Georgia {{widereceiver-1960s-stub