Bam Martin-Scott
Career Summary
Bam Martin-Scott is a linebacker from Fort Wayne, Indiana, who played junior-college football at Dodge City before completing his college career at South Carolina. He signed with the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2025.
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Early Life
Martin-Scott is from Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dodge City listed him as Tavareon Martin-Scott and as a sophomore linebacker in 2020-21.
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High School
Martin-Scott attended R. Nelson Snider High School in Fort Wayne, according to his Dodge City profile.
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College Career
Martin-Scott played at Dodge City Community College before signing with South Carolina in 2021. Dodge City credited him with 42 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, an interception, and two forced fumbles in nine games before his Gamecocks commitment. South Carolina's 2024 notes listed him as a sixth-year linebacker and showed 36 career Gamecock appearances through the Texas A&M game.
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Path to the NFL
Following his South Carolina career, Martin-Scott entered the 2025 professional opportunity cycle. Carolina listed him among 19 undrafted rookies signed on May 8, 2025.
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NFL Career
Martin-Scott made Carolina's 2025 opening-week roster as an undrafted rookie. The Panthers' 2025 rookie review credited him with 17 games played, 21 tackles including one for loss, a forced fumble, and regular special-teams work.
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Career Accomplishments
During his 2024 South Carolina season, Martin-Scott produced an 11-tackle game with 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery against Oklahoma. He added a 2024 season-best 11 tackles in that game and posted seven tackles with a pass breakup against Vanderbilt.
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Playing Style
Listed at 6-foot-2 and 241 pounds in South Carolina's 2024 notes, Martin-Scott worked at linebacker and produced in multiple phases, including tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, forced fumbles, recoveries, and pass breakups.
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