After scoring seven touchdowns for the Eagles this past season, Boston Scott became the first NFL player to sign with a professional Rocket League team, Dignitas.
LOS ANGELES — Little did a young Boston Scott know, when clutching his Hot Wheels on the escalator handrail at the local mall, that his early obsession with the tiny model cars would help lead him to an esports career.
“It’s already hard enough to figure out how the car works, how to orient a car, how to fly through the air [in Rocket League], so I feel like having that controller in my hand since I was a young lad really helps out,” Scott said. What Scott already enjoyed playing reached a synergy between his interests, skill set, and the game’s design when Rocket League debuted.
There’s a practical side to Scott’s multitasking into esports. Other pros who have taken on two traditional pro sports, such as Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, who both played in the NFL and MLB, have had to contend with more physical wear and tear. Scott met and practiced with the team for multiple days at Dignitas’ training facility in Los Angeles earlier this month ahead of the Rocket League Championship Series winter major. It was during that time that he agreed to terms with the Eagles on a one-year, $1.75 million contract with the Eagles.
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