Scott was a three-year starter at Ridge View High School in Columbia, South Carolina where he had 242 career tackles, 31 tackles for loss, seven sacks, 35 quarterback pressures, four caused fumbles, six recovered fumbles, and one defensive touchdown.

After his senior year he was a Shrine Bowl selection Scott started his final 38 games, appearing in 50 contests while participating in a total of 1,501 plays recording 161 tackles (103 solo) with nine sacks, 18.5 stops for losses and 36 quarterback pressures and had one interception, two pass deflections, two fumble recoveries and a forced fumble.

In the 2005 football season he had 18 tackles in nine game and had two sacks and 10 quarterback pressure and recovered two fumbles.

In 2007, he was third among Tiger defensive linemen in tackles (50) while starting all 13 games for and also had three sacks, third-most on the team.

As a senior in 2008 Scott had 39 tackles (7.5 for losses) and one sack while playing and starting all 12 games while deflecting a pass and recovering a fumble.