Player Career

Tegray Scales Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Tegray Scales story

Tegray Scales built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Cincinnati, OH wearing No. 8, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Tegray Scales' career was his defensive production: 200 tackles, 34 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 8 interceptions across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Indiana. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tegray Scales' production has multiple signals. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Indiana.

The arc is straightforward: Tegray Scales moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Indiana

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonIndiana320
2015 Regular SeasonIndiana220-1
2016 PostseasonIndiana36.564.720.334.5
2016 Regular SeasonIndiana36.564.720.30
2017 Regular SeasonIndiana20.543.812.6-16

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wake Forest

Week 4 · L 28-33

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ Penn State

Week 5 · L 14-45 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

98.6 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 98.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Penn State

Week 11 · L 31-45 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Utah

Week 1 · L 24-26 · Postseason

5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Purdue

Week 13 · W 26-24 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Indiana

36.5 primary output · 64.7 efficiency · 20.3 usage

78.5

#2

2016 Regular Season · Indiana

78.5

36.5 primary · 64.7 efficiency · 20.3 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Indiana

59.1

20.5 primary · 43.8 efficiency · 12.6 usage

Milestones

17

Impact games

13

Splash games

10

10+ tackle games