Football: St. Bonaventure alum Scott leaves Colorado

Staff Writer

Nov. 3, 2009 3:33 PM PT

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Darrell Scott is on the move again.

Next stop, UCLA?

The former St. Bonaventure star tailback, who became a Seraph his senior year after transferring from Moorpark, is leaving Colorado, according to Associated Press. Buffaloes Coach Dan Hawkins said the sophomore is leaving for ‘assorted personal reasons’ and believes he will transfer closer to his Southern California home.

UCLA would be a solid assumption since Scott’s uncle, wide receiver Josh Smith, joined the Bruins after leaving Colorado before the season. Smith is sitting out this season per NCAA transfer rules.

Scott was rated as the top tailback in the nation coming out of St. Bonaventure but never met expectations because of injuries. He had arthroscopic knee surgery last month to clean up cartilage after getting hurt in the second game of the season at Toledo.

--Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch

Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.