By Christopher Dabe
The first time Boston Scott tried to play football his school wouldn't let him because they said he was too small.
"He tried to play basketball, too," said Scott's mother, Shelly, who remembered that experience as "kind of funny."
Scott has since made it difficult for anybody to overlook the 5-foot-7 running back, including the New Orleans Saints, who selected the former Louisiana Tech walk-on in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft, with the 201st overall pick.
The Saints selected Scott for his shiftiness out of the backfield and his ability to catch passes. He also showed ability to stay on his feet no matter how much contact he absorbed.
"I don't know what those statistics are -- how many yards after contact, how many people he made miss -- but it was Boston's ability to make extra yards (that made him unique)," Louisiana Tech coach Skip Holtz said.
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