Tegray Scales
| Indiana Hoosiers – No. 8 | |
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| Position | Outside Linebacker |
| Class | Sophomore |
| Major | Exploratory Student |
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| Born: | May 10, 1996 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Cincinnati (OH) Colerain |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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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 | |
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| Tegray Scales OLB |
Cincinnati, Ohio | Colerain High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 206 lb (93 kg) | Jan 19, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77
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| Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 32 (OLB), 4 (OH OLB) Rivals: 34 (OLB) ESPN: 62 (OLB), 35 (OH) | ||||||
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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
- ^ Colerain's Scales commits to Indiana University
- ^ Tegray Scales looks to build on freshman success
- ^ North Texas vs Indiana recap
- ^ Missouri vs Indiana recap
- ^ IU wins first game against top-20 foe since 2006
- ^ Tegray Scales named Big Ten co-freshman of the week
- ^ 247sports True Freshman All American Team
- ^ Scout 2014 freshman all america team
- ^ 2014 Big Ten All Freshman Team
- ^ It's time for BTN.com's 2014 All-Big Ten Freshman Team
- ^ Eight IU players suspended from opener
- ^ Wilson: 8 of 9 suspended IU players back for this week's game
- ^ "2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners" (PDF). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2016.
- ^ IU Profile Tegray Scales