The 19-year-old has even emerged as a chance to line up in Geelong's opening home and away match against St Kilda at the MCG in late March.
"He's still got a way to go, but he's probably in that group of players that I believe is capable of playing AFL football," Scott said during the club's Telstra AFL community camp at Port Fairy on Wednesday.
"Like a lot of big men - they take a lot of time to develop - he's got some limitations in his game that are more a function of his physical immaturity rather than anything else.
"It wouldn't surprise me at all if he played some AFL footy this year."
Vardy was drafted with selection 42 in the 2009 NAB AFL Draft and spent most of last season finding his feet in the VFL while also putting some weight on his slender frame.
"I've chucked on 11 kilos since I've been here," he said.
"I was pretty skinny and had never done many weights before, so it was pretty easy to chuck on a few kilos."
The youngster from Gippsland demonstrated his improvement by getting the better of some more experienced big men in Geelong's intra-club match at Skilled Stadium on Monday.
"I wasn't too bad," Vardy said.
"It was good to have a run and blow some cobwebs out.
"I felt comfortable during the game and [with]how I went. Hopefully I can do even better in the NAB Cup."
While Geelong has many ruckmen on its list - Brad Ottens, Mark Blake, Dawson Simpson and Trent West are the others - Vardy knows the new coach is keen to bring some new faces into the side during the season proper.
"That's my aim - to break in and debut, but I just need to keep developing as a footballer and go from there," he said.
"If I get the chance, it would be great. But I really just need to focus on developing as a player."
