Colin Scotts

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Colin Scotts (born April 26, 1963) was the first Australian to receive a football scholarship in the United States and be drafted into the NFL. He became the second Australian to play in the NFL after Colin Ridgeway, an Australian rules football convert.^[1]

Growing up in Palm Beach, Sydney, Scotts first played rugby union for The Scots College and was a member of the 1981 Australian Schoolboys Rugby team. .^[2] He later moved to Hawaii,on a full football scholarship after being spotted by an assistant coach during a rugby game. After being drafted in the third round,^[3]^[4] he forged a brief career in the NFL where he played as a defensive end and tight end for the St. Louis Cardinals^[5] and was traded to the Houston Oilers [1]. Scotts was forced to retire after five seasons as he suffered a severe injury to his Achilles tendon while playing tight end for the Cardinals.^{[citation needed]} After his retirement from the sport he shifted to the oil business in Texas.^{[citation needed]}