:Scott Kowalkowski

{{Short description|American football player (born 1968)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Scott Kowalkowski

| number = 57, 52

| position = Linebacker

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|23}}

| birth_place = Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 220

| high_school = St. Mary's Preparatory
{{nowrap|(Orchard Lake Village, Michigan)}}

| college = Notre Dame

| draftyear = 1991

| draftround = 8

| draftpick = 216

| pastteams =

• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1991|1993}})
• Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1994|2001}})

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 110

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 1.0

| statlabel3 = Forced fumbles

| statvalue3 = 2

| statlabel4 = Interceptions

| statvalue4 = 1

| pfr = KowaSc20

}}

Scott Thomas Kowalkowski (born August 23, 1968) is an American former professional football linebacker who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions in a ten-year career that lasted from 1991 to 2001 in the National Football League (NFL).Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary. The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition, p. 390. ESPN Books, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1-4027-4216-3}}.

Kowalkowski played college football at the University of Notre Dame and was selected in the eighth round of the 1991 NFL draft by the Eagles.Palmer et al., p. 1434. His father, Bob Kowalkowski, also played with the Lions.Bowden, Mark. [https://web.archive.org/web/20151017220052/http://articles.philly.com/1991-08-08/sports/25804447_1_nfl-dream-extra-man-boyhood "Locked In Preseason Limbo, Rookie Achingly Close To His Nfl Dream"]. Philadelphia Inquirer, August 8, 1991. Retrieved on June 30, 2013.