All-Ivy League Second Team (2023)
All-Ivy League Honorable Mention (2021)
Phil Steele All-Ivy Second Team (2023)
Phil Steele All-Ivy Fourth Team (2021)
FCS Football Central All-Ivy Second Team (2023)
3x CSC Academic All-District I (2021-23)
Alan Hewitt ’34 and Robert Hewitt ’40 Award (2022 team award)
Doten Award (2021 team award)
NFF Hampshire Honor Society (2023)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 20, 2021)
SENIOR (2023)
Second Team All-Ivy honoree … earned a spot on the
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District I team for third straight season … named to the
Phil Steele All-Ivy Second Team and
FCS Football Central All-Ivy Second Team … played all 10 games, leading the Big Green in receptions (51) and yards (630) for a third straight year … added two touchdowns … began the season with career effort at No. 11 New Hampshire, posting then career highs in receptions (10) and yards (153) with a career-long reception of 69 yards … after five catches over the next two games, including his first touchdown of the season, made five catches for 60 yards and a touchdown against Yale … set a career-high 185 receiving yards, while tying career high for catches (10) at Colgate … strong effort with seven receptions for 72 yards at No. 23 Harvard … had four catches for 32 yards versus Princeton … followed with five receptions for 78 yards against Cornell … ended season with four catches for 21 yards at Brown … named to the
NFF Hampshire Honor Society for success in the classroom.
JUNIOR (2022)
Earned a spot on the College Sports Communicators (CSC, formerly CoSIDA)
Academic All-District I Team … named the team’s
Alan Hewitt ’34 and Robert Hewitt ’40 Award winner as the player who best epitomizes athletic performance with academic achievement ... led the Big Green for the second straight year in receptions (34) and receiving yards (391) … caught at least one pass in each of his nine starts before missing the season finale with an injury … after a modest start to the season, more than doubled his receiving totals with seven grabs for 76 yards at Yale, including a 23-yard touchdown haul in the final two minutes of the three-point defeat to the eventual Ivy champion … snared throws of 21 and 22 yards the following week against New Hampshire … enjoyed his first career 100-yard game at Columbia with six catches for 104 yards, with two of those receptions going for a season-long 28 and 26 yards in the final 1:11, setting up the game-winning, 32-yard field goal with four seconds remaining in the 27-24 triumph … his most unexpected play of the season also came against the Lions as he tossed a 5-yard touchdown in the second quarter … snared six more throws the very next week versus Harvard, picking up 77 yards along the way … scored on an 8-yard reception among his five receptions at Princeton.
SOPHOMORE (2021)
All-Ivy League honorable mention and Phil Steele All-Ivy Fourth Team at wide receiver …
CoSIDA Academic All-District I selection … recipient of the team’s
Doten Award, given to a sophomore who made a significant contribution to the success of the team ... led the Big Green with 46 receptions (seventh in Ivy), 505 receiving yards and four touchdowns … had at least one grab in nine of the 10 games and topped the team in receptions five times … made a splash in his varsity debut with a team-high eight catches and 87 receiving yards, including his first career touchdown, to help Dartmouth defeat Valparaiso, 28-18, and earn
Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors … started the onslaught against Sacred Heart with a 6-yard score that led to a 41-3 victory … snared a team-best seven throws for 49 yards in the 31-7 win to start Ivy play at Penn … four of his five catches against Yale came during the final drive of regulation that ended in a game-tying 32-yard field goal with 13 seconds left, leading to a 24-17 overtime triumph … posted a season-high 92 receiving yards on just four hauls, including a 52-yard touchdown with 50 of those yards coming after the catch, in the 38-21 victory at No. 23 New Hampshire … both his seven receptions and 78 yards led the Green against Columbia … collected six more passes for 60 yards in the 20-17 win at No. 21 Harvard … opened the scoring against No. 16 Princeton with a 37-yard catch that ended in the end zone as Dartmouth knocked off the undefeated Tigers, 31-7 … three of his four catches at Brown went for first downs in the 52-31, title-clinching triumph over the Bears to end the season.
FIRST-YEAR (2020)
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL
Speedy wide receiver with high football IQ was chosen team MVP and all-conference as a senior … despite being double-teamed much of the year, caught more than 900 yards worth of passes and 13 touchdown throws as a senior and seven as a junior … hauled in three balls for 131 yards and touchdowns of 69 and 58 yards in senior season opener … had 11 TD receptions in first six games … played two years of basketball and lettered in lacrosse as a senior.
PERSONAL
Full name is Paxton Robert Scott … born on Sept. 21, 2001 in Dallas, Texas … son of Choyleng and Robert Scott has one sister … an uncle, Dennis Scott, played football at Virginia in the early ’70s … Gold Palm Eagle Scout … enjoys listening to music and hanging out with friends.