Scales Receives B1G Preseason Honor
7/24/2017 11:15:00 AM | Football
CHICAGO – The Big Ten Conference announced its 2017 football preseason honors today in conjunction with the start of Big Ten Media Days at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. Indiana senior linebacker Tegray Scales was among 10 players selected to the list by a media panel.
This is Scales fifth preseason honor. He also is a member of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Butkus Award and Lott Impact Trophy Watch Lists.
Scales earned second team All-America honors from SI.com in 2016 and became the first Hoosiers linebacker recognized on an All-America team since Van Waiters (3rd team) in 1987.
The 2016 Foster Farms Defensive Player of the Game led the nation with 93 solo stops and 23.5 tackles for loss, and he finished first in the Big Ten with 126 tackles (10th nationally). Scales owns the second spot on the program's single-season TFLs list, shares ninth in total tackles and is ninth with 33.5 career stops for loss.
His nine double-figure tackle games in 2016 led the league and ranked third nationally. Scales added seven sacks, a pick-6 and one forced fumble.
The Cincinnati native put together a streak of six straight, 10-tackle games during the regular season. It was the longest streak nationally, the longest streak in the Big Ten since 2012 and the longest streak at IU since at least 1990.
The full list of Big Ten football preseason honorees is as follows:
EAST DIVISION
Tegray Scales, Sr., LB, IND
J.T. Barrett, Sr., QB, OSU
Tyquan Lewis, Sr., DE, OSU
Saquon Barkley, Jr., RB, PSU
Trace McSorley, Sr., QB, PSU
WEST DIVISION
Josey Jewell, Sr., LB, IOWA
Goodwin Igwebuike, Sr., S, NU
Justin Jackson, Sr., RB, NU
Jack Cichy, Sr., LB, WIS
Troy Fumagalli, Sr., TE, WIS
Scales and Indiana will host Ohio State to open the 2017 season on Thursday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m. EDT on ESPN. The teams will kick off a campaign facing each other for the fifth time (1938, 1952-54) and for the first time in Bloomington. IU last started the year against a Big Ten foe in 1982, a 30-0 whitewashing of Northwestern on Sept. 11.
The Hoosiers will host the fourth Thursday night game in Memorial Stadium history: Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 3, 2009 (W, 19-13); Towson on Sept. 2, 2010 (W, 51-17) and Indiana State on Aug. 29, 2013 (W, 73-35). IU jumpstarted its 2016 Foster Farms Bowl season with a Thursday evening 34-13 victory at Florida International on Sept. 1.
Tickets for Indiana's six home games are available by clicking here, by phone at 1-866-IUSPORTS or in person at the Assembly Hall Ticket Office. In addition to the Buckeyes, the Hoosiers will welcome Florida International (Sept. 16), Georgia Southern (Sept. 23), Michigan (Oct. 14), Wisconsin (Nov. 4) and Rutgers (Nov. 18).
Indiana Football Preseason Honors
Big Ten Player to Watch - Tegray Scales
Unitas Award Watch List - Richard Lagow
Biletnikoff Award Watch List - Nick Westbrook
Wuerffel Trophy Watch List - Rashard Fant
Butkus Award Watch List - Tegray Scales
Paul Hornung Award Watch List - Devonte Williams
Jim Thorpe Award Watch List - Rashard Fant
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List - Rashard Fant, Tegray Scales
Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Watch List - Rashard Fant
Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List - Tegray Scales
Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List - Tegray Scales
This is Scales fifth preseason honor. He also is a member of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Butkus Award and Lott Impact Trophy Watch Lists.
Scales earned second team All-America honors from SI.com in 2016 and became the first Hoosiers linebacker recognized on an All-America team since Van Waiters (3rd team) in 1987.
The 2016 Foster Farms Defensive Player of the Game led the nation with 93 solo stops and 23.5 tackles for loss, and he finished first in the Big Ten with 126 tackles (10th nationally). Scales owns the second spot on the program's single-season TFLs list, shares ninth in total tackles and is ninth with 33.5 career stops for loss.
His nine double-figure tackle games in 2016 led the league and ranked third nationally. Scales added seven sacks, a pick-6 and one forced fumble.
The Cincinnati native put together a streak of six straight, 10-tackle games during the regular season. It was the longest streak nationally, the longest streak in the Big Ten since 2012 and the longest streak at IU since at least 1990.
The full list of Big Ten football preseason honorees is as follows:
EAST DIVISION
Tegray Scales, Sr., LB, IND
J.T. Barrett, Sr., QB, OSU
Tyquan Lewis, Sr., DE, OSU
Saquon Barkley, Jr., RB, PSU
Trace McSorley, Sr., QB, PSU
WEST DIVISION
Josey Jewell, Sr., LB, IOWA
Goodwin Igwebuike, Sr., S, NU
Justin Jackson, Sr., RB, NU
Jack Cichy, Sr., LB, WIS
Troy Fumagalli, Sr., TE, WIS
Scales and Indiana will host Ohio State to open the 2017 season on Thursday, Aug. 31, at 8 p.m. EDT on ESPN. The teams will kick off a campaign facing each other for the fifth time (1938, 1952-54) and for the first time in Bloomington. IU last started the year against a Big Ten foe in 1982, a 30-0 whitewashing of Northwestern on Sept. 11.
The Hoosiers will host the fourth Thursday night game in Memorial Stadium history: Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 3, 2009 (W, 19-13); Towson on Sept. 2, 2010 (W, 51-17) and Indiana State on Aug. 29, 2013 (W, 73-35). IU jumpstarted its 2016 Foster Farms Bowl season with a Thursday evening 34-13 victory at Florida International on Sept. 1.
Tickets for Indiana's six home games are available by clicking here, by phone at 1-866-IUSPORTS or in person at the Assembly Hall Ticket Office. In addition to the Buckeyes, the Hoosiers will welcome Florida International (Sept. 16), Georgia Southern (Sept. 23), Michigan (Oct. 14), Wisconsin (Nov. 4) and Rutgers (Nov. 18).
Indiana Football Preseason Honors
Big Ten Player to Watch - Tegray Scales
Unitas Award Watch List - Richard Lagow
Biletnikoff Award Watch List - Nick Westbrook
Wuerffel Trophy Watch List - Rashard Fant
Butkus Award Watch List - Tegray Scales
Paul Hornung Award Watch List - Devonte Williams
Jim Thorpe Award Watch List - Rashard Fant
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List - Rashard Fant, Tegray Scales
Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Watch List - Rashard Fant
Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List - Tegray Scales
Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List - Tegray Scales
Players Mentioned
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