BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana senior linebacker Tegray Scales earned a spot on the 2017 watch list for the 23rd annual Chuck Bednarik Award, the Maxwell Football Club announced today. Scales adds the accolade to his previously announced selection to the 2017 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List.
The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive Player of the Year since 1995. Chuck Bednarik, former standout at Penn and with the Philadelphia Eagles, is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of '69 and the NFL Hall of Fame's Class of '67.