In April 2011 Scott joined Edinburgh as an elite growth participant.

He made his aggressive début on 2 September 2011 towards Cardiff Blues. His first strive got here towards 2010–11 Celtic League winners Munster.

Since then he has turn into a well-recognized function for Edinburgh, combining his upbringing as a stand-off together with his power within the sort out to nice impact as a play-making centre with an eye fixed for the strive line. Having turn into a daily function within the Edinburgh Rugby midfield, Scott signed a contract extension in October 2012 that may preserve him on the membership till 2015.

By the center of January 2016 he had performed 70 occasions for Edinburgh and had scored 14 tries. On 16 January 2016, an announcement that Scott had signed for Aviva Premiership aspect Gloucester, to hitch for the beginning of the 2016–17 season.His final match for Edinburgh was towards the Cardiff Blues on 7 Might 2016.

On 21 February 2018, Scott re-signed together with his hometown membership Edinburgh again within the Pro14, on a two-year deal forward of the 2018-19 season .

He made a try-scoring debut for Scotland A in February 2012 within the 35–0 win over England Saxons at Netherdale. The next month he gained his first worldwide cap, approaching as a alternative within the RBS Six Nations match versus Eire on the Aviva Stadium. His first begin for Scotland got here in June, on tourtowards Australia. Within the 2013 Six Nations Championship he began at inside centre in all of Scotland’s matches. He appeared for Scotland in a mini-tournament in South Africa in the identical 12 months. He went on Scotland’s tour to Japan in 2016. in the identical 12 months. He went on Scotland’s tour to Japan in 2016.