Jonathan Scott - Motor City Longhorn
Jonathan Scott - Motor City LonghornÂ
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In the 4-year period that Jonathan Scott played for Texas, the team record was 45 wins and 6 losses. Â Scott began, as the starting right tackle in 2002 as a redshirt freshman and in 2003 became the starting left tackle. Â He started in 45 of the 51 games he was in. Jonathan Scott was used to playing. He was used to starting. He was used to winning.Â
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2006 was tough for the Lions. They built a new coaching staff. They introduced dozens of new players to the team, searching for the talent they could add that would make them into a better team. They suffered an extraordinary number of injuries. They did not win a lot of games.Â
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2006 was pretty good to Jonathan Scott. Selected in the fifth round he was not expected to become a starting player. He was supposed to develop into a starting player, eventually. As a 5th round rookie Scott played in 13 games, and started in 4. He made a statement and that statement was, 'I am the future of the Lions O line'.Â
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2006 ended lousy for Scott. In the last game of the year, in what only can be described as a freak injury, Scott broke his hip. The Lions were pretty coy about this injury, not saying much more than it would take about 3 months to heal. 3 months to heal a fracture? That seems a long time, and it probably was to Scott, who was looking forward to becoming an impact player for the team.Â
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Scott has had surgery. He has been through rehabilitation. He is now getting back to practice. He can run - fast. He can block. He has good foot speed and adjusts well to incoming linemen and linebackers. Though his hip injury was serious, Scott is treating it the way he would a 100-pound defensive end, just swatting it out of the way without much thought.Â
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Good luck Jonathan. Detroit needs you to bring them some of that magic you had for the Longhorns. Hook em Lions.
