Laron Scott has a knack for making his biggest plays in Georgia Southern’s really big games.
The senior cornerback probably will need to come up with some more today when the No. 3 Eagles (11-2) take on No. 2 North Dakota State (12-1) in the semifinals of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Scott, a first-team All-Southern Conference pick the past two seasons, helped start the Eagles’ run to the semifinals of last season’s playoffs with a critical interception in the end zone against Appalachian State in the ninth game of the season.
With the Eagles trailing the top-ranked Mountaineers 14-0, Scott’s interception kept his team in the game and Georgia Southern rallied for a 21-14 overtime win. GSU athletic director Sam Baker said earlier this season that Scott’s pickoff “turned our whole season around.”
Scott made two more big plays in last Saturday’s 35-23 quarterfinal win over Maine. He broke up passes on consecutive plays late in the game when the Black Bears were in the red zone.