:Ben Scotti

{{Short description|American football player (1937–2025)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| position = Defensive back

| number = 48, 28

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|6|9|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date = March 13, 2025 (aged 87)| draftyear =

| draftround =

| draftpick =

| undraftedyear = 1959

| college = Maryland

| teams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1959|1961}})
• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1962|1963}})
• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1964}})

|highlights =

• First-team All-ACC (1958)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 71

| statlabel2 = Interceptions

| statvalue2 = 10

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 2

| pfr = ScotBe20

}}

Benjamin Joseph Scotti (June 9, 1937 – March 13, 2025) was an American producer and football defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). A graduate of the University of Maryland (1959), Scotti played for the Washington Redskins (1959–1961), the Philadelphia Eagles (1962–1963), and the San Francisco 49ers (1964). In late November 1963, Scotti received brief national attention when he precipitated a fight with teammate John Mellekas that sent Mellekas to the hospital.{{cn|date=July 2024}} He is the brother of media mogul Tony Scotti, with whom he co-produced a few television programs, most notably the lifeguard drama Baywatch, and also co-founded the Scotti Bros. record label which released music by artists such as Leif Garrett, Survivor and "Weird Al" Yankovic until the label was dissolved in the mid-1990s. He went on to form Banders.

Scotti died on March 13, 2025, at the age of 87.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DHKK3KTSxq6/?igsh=MWF5cmt0MzN1M2J4OA== |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.instagram.com}}