Scott Conover
{{Short description|American football player (born 1968)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2016}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Scott Conover
| number = 76
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|9|27}}
| birth_place = Neptune, New Jersey, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 285
| high_school = Freehold
| college = Purdue
| draftyear = 1991
| draftround = 5
| draftpick = 118
| pastteams =
- Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1991|1996}})
| statlabel1 = Games Played
| statvalue1 = 67
| statlabel2 = Games Started
| statvalue2 = 27
| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue3 = 1
| pfr = ConoSc20
}}
Kelsey Scott Conover (born September 27, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermaker and was selected by the Lions in the fifth round of the 1991 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1991 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1991/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
He appeared in a 2007 NutriSystem for Men commercial and spoke the line: "Scott Conover, 100 pounds." The product had the tag line: "Pizza, pot roast, pasta: Real food for real guys."{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7t0IG1nLpw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/W7t0IG1nLpw |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=NutriSystem Commercial|publisher=youtube.com|access-date=8 April 2018}}{{cbignore}}
A native of Freehold Borough, New Jersey, Scott graduated from Freehold High School and went on to attend and play football at Purdue University in Indiana. While at Purdue, he was a defensive lineman for his first three seasons before being moved to offensive tackle. After only one season on the offensive line he was drafted into the NFL in the fifth round. He played six seasons in the NFL as offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions.{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/scottconover/2500175/profile|title=NFL.com Profile|work=NFL.com|access-date=11 March 2016}}
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Category:American football offensive linemen
Category:Detroit Lions players
Category:Freehold High School alumni
Category:Purdue Boilermakers football players
Category:People from Freehold Borough, New Jersey
Category:Sportspeople from Neptune Township, New Jersey
Category:Players of American football from Monmouth County, New Jersey
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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