| Intro | American football player |
| Is |
American football player Football player |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 10 May 1996, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, U.S.A. |
| Age: | 24 years |
| Star sign | Taurus |
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.
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 | |
| Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 77 | ||||||
| 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. His first interception came against North Texas, while his first sack was on Missouri Tigers’ quarterback Maty Mauk, in the Hoosiers first victory against a ranked opponent since 2006. Scales was named Big Ten co-Freshman of the Week for his performance against Missouri.
Following the 2014 season, Scales was named to the 247Sports.com True Freshman All-American Team, the Scout.com 2014 Freshman All-America Second Team, and the BTN.com and 247sports.com All-Big Ten Freshman teams.
Scales was one of a group Hoosier players suspended for the 2015 opener against Southern Illinois for disciplinary reasons, and he was the only member of the group to remain suspended for Indiana’s second game against Florida International.
On November 29, 2016, Scales was named Third Team All-Big Ten by the coaches and Second Team All-Big Ten by the media.
On January 9, 2017, Scales announced that he would return to the Hoosiers for his senior season.
Personal life
Tegray is the son of Herman Scales and Kathy Wilkerson.