Tegray Scales

Tegray Scales
Indiana Hoosiers No. 8
Position Outside Linebacker
Class Sophomore
Major Exploratory Student
Career history
College
High school Cincinnati (OH) Colerain
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-10) May 10, 1996
Place of birth Cincinnati, Ohio
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 227 lb (103 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • All-Big Ten Freshman Team (2014)
  • 247Sports.com True Freshman All-American (2014)
  • Third Team All-Big Ten (2016)

Tegray Rene Scales (born May 10, 1996) is an American football outside linebacker for the Indiana Hoosiers.

High School

Scales attended Colerain High School in Cincinnati, Ohio and was a three-year football and four year wrestling letterman. Following his senior year at Colerain, Scales was an Associated Press Division I state co-defensive player of the year, Southwest District defensive player of the year and the Greater Miami Conference co-defensive player of the year and was nominated for the 2013 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.[1]

Recruiting

Scales received offers from Minnesota, Boston College, Illinois, Indiana, Louisville, Marshall, Ohio, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Western Michigan. He committed to Indiana on January 19, 2014.

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tegray Scales
OLB		 Cincinnati, Ohio Colerain High School 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Jan 19, 2014 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 77
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 32 (OLB), 4 (OH OLB)   Rivals: 34 (OLB)  ESPN: 62 (OLB), 35 (OH)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Scales started all 12 games for the Hoosiers as a freshman, and racked up 46 tackles, 2 sacks, and 3 interceptions.[2] His first interception came against North Texas,[3] while his first sack was on Missouri Tigers' quarterback Maty Mauk,[4] in the Hoosiers first victory against a ranked opponent since 2006.[5] Scales was named Big Ten co-Freshman of the Week for his performance against Missouri.[6]

Following the 2014 season, Scales was named to the 247Sports.com True Freshman All-American Team,[7] the Scout.com 2014 Freshman All-America Second Team,[8] and the BTN.com and 247sports.com All-Big Ten Freshman teams.[9][10]

Scales was one of a group Hoosier players suspended for the 2015 opener against Southern Illinois for disciplinary reasons,[11] and he was the only of the group to remain suspended for Indiana's second game against Florida International.[12]

On November 29, 2016, Scales was named Third Team All-Big Ten by the coaches and Second Team All-Big Ten by the media.[13]

Personal life

Tegray is the son of Herman Scales and Kathy Wilkerson.[14]

References

External links

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