Scott Ross (American football)

Scott M. Ross (December 7, 1968 – September 21, 2014) was an American football linebacker who played one season with the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Saints in the eleventh round of the 1991 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Southern California and attended El Toro High School in Lake Forest, California.

Ross died of heart failure on September 21, 2014. He is one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.