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25 Martin Scales
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  • Tailback
  • r-Senior
  • 5' 11"
  • 226 lbs.
  • Bassett
  • Martinsville, Va.
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2010140104140.0-00.0-00000000
20111404370.0-00.0-00000000
Career280147210.0-00.0-00000000

2011: Played in all 14 games, mostly on special teams ... Played 35 snaps on offense and 227 on special teams ... Saw action on 26 plays against Appalachian State, including 16 on special teams ... Worked five plays at fullback and 13 on special teams at ECU ... Was in on four offensive snaps and 12 special teams plays in the win over Arkansas State ... Had a tackle on 16 special teams plays and worked two plays at fullback at Marshall ... Worked 17 special teams plays and a play at fullback in the Clemson game ... Saw action for 11 special teams snaps in the win over Miami ... Played 21 snaps on special teams while also seeing brief work at fullback at Wake Forest ... Worked a team-high 23 snaps on special teams while adding five plays at fullback against BC ... Picked up two tackles on coverage at Duke while working three plays at fullback ... Contributed on 16 special teams plays at Georgia Tech and six at fullback ... Added a solo tackle on coverage against UNC ... Picked up two tackles on special teams at Virginia while also seeing three plays at fullback ... Tallied a team-high 20 snaps on special teams in the ACC Championship Game against Clemson … Had a tackle in the Sugar Bowl against Michigan.

2010: A standout on special teams … Played on the kickoff and kickoff return teams … Played in all 13 games, recording 12 tackles on special teams ... Worked 11 special team plays in the opener with Boise State and posted a tackle … Added another tackle in the JMU game … Picked up 17 special team plays against East Carolina … Was in on three tackles and was credited with three “extra effort” big plays while working 21 special team plays in the NC State game … Was in on a pair of tackles against Wake Forest … Had another special team tackle against Georgia Tech … Was in on two tackles at UNC and picked up another tackled during the Miami game … Got a play at fullback to go along with 15 special team plays against Virginia … Picked up a tackle on coverage in the ACC title game.

Personal: Martin Alexander Scales … Born 11/27/89 in Portsmouth, VA … Son of Oscar and Gracie Scales … Cousins Orion and Cam Martin, as well as uncle Bobby Martin, played football at Tech … Majoring in history.