Scott Woerner

{{Short description|American football player (born 1958)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Scott Woerner

| number = 30, 24, 25

| position = Safety

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|12|18|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Baytown, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 190

| high_school = Jonesboro
(Jonesboro, Georgia)

| college = Georgia

| draftyear = 1981

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 80

| pastteams =

• Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1981}})
• Philadelphia Stars ({{USFL Year|1983}}-{{USFL Year|1985}})
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1987}})

| highlights =

• All-USFL (1983)
• National champion (1980)
• First-team All-American (1980)
• 2× First-team All-SEC (1979, 1980)

| statlabel1 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue1 = 1

| pfr = WoerSc20

| CollegeHOF = 2403

}}

Scott Allison Woerner (born December 18, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. In the 1981 Sugar Bowl, Woerner intercepted a pass by the Notre Dame quarterback in the closing minutes of the game which sealed Georgia's national championship for that year. He still holds several return records at the University of Georgia. He had the most kickoff return yards (190) in a single game (vs. Kentucky, 1977). He also holds the most punt return yards (488) in a season (1980). Woerner was selected in the third round of the 1981 NFL draft by the Falcons.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2023-04-27|newspaper=Atlanta Constitution|author=Barriero, Dan|title=Woerner's Finding Public Eye Tougher|date=July 28, 1981|pages=1-D, 3-D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123626489/the-atlanta-constitution/}} He played for the Atlanta Falcons during that 1981 season and was their leading punt returner.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2023-04-27|newspaper=Clarion-Ledger|author=McGrath, John|title=Woerner finds a rookie's life is hot, tiring|date=July 27, 1981|pages=1C, 4C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123630698/clarion-ledger/}} The Falcons cut him before the start of the 1982 season.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2023-04-27|newspaper=Anderson Independent-Mail|title=Falcons Cut Scott Woerner; Braves Axe Mad Hungarian|date=August 31, 1982|page=7A|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123630919/anderson-independent-mail/}} In 1983, 1984, and 1985 he played safety for the Philadelphia Stars of the short-lived United States Football League (USFL).{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2023-04-27|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|author=Newman, Chuck|title=Stars' Woerner finds the happiness he lost in Atlanta|date=April 22, 1983|page=3-C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123631106/the-philadelphia-inquirer/}}{{cite web|title=Scott Woerner|url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-woernsco001|publisher=Stats Crew|accessdate=2023-04-27}} The Philadelphia Stars won 2 of the 3 USFL championships. The Sporting News selected him as a USFL All-League player both of those seasons. Woerner played briefly for the New Orleans Saints during the NFL Players Strike.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2023-04-27|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|author=Murray, Ken|page=C6|title=New NFL offers a curious mix|date=October 2, 1987|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123631812/the-evening-sun/}}

After retiring from pro football, Woerner became a physical education teacher.{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=2023-04-27|newspaper=Atlanta Constitution|author=Hummer, Steve|title=Humble Hall of Famer|date=February 23, 2014|pages=C1, C16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123630503/the-atlanta-constitution/}}