Meet Zavier Scott, Vikings RB who went to HS in Germany, has a racing wife and gets a bigger role with Aaron Jones injured

Billy Heyen

Meet Zavier Scott, Vikings RB who went to HS in Germany, has a racing wife and gets a bigger role with Aaron Jones injured image

Zavier Scott has traveled a cool journey to get to this point.

The Minnesota Vikings RB grew up as the son of an Army father.

Scott was actually born at the Army base at Fort Hood in Texas.

As a child, he lived in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Germany. 

Scott attended Vilseck High School in Germany and played American football against U.S. military base teams across Europe.

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Who is Zavier Scott?

Zavier Scott is a 26-year old running back for the Minnesota Vikings.

He spent most of his college career as a wide receiver, beginning at UConn and finishing up at Maine.

He went undrafted in 2023 and spent that season with the Colts, never getting onto the active roster.

He joined the Vikings in 2024 and is finally seeing significant action in 2025 with Aaron Jones out injured.

Zavier Scott's wife

Zavier Scott was married in March 2025 to McKenna Haase.

She's a competitor, too, as a sprint car driver.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle