Dwight Scales

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Dwight Scales
Born: (1953-05-30) May 30, 1953 (age 69)
Little Rock, Arkansas
Career information
Position(s) Wide receiver
College Grambling
NFL draft 1976 / Round: 5 / Pick 155
Career history
As player
1976–1978 Los Angeles Rams
1979 New York Giants
1981–1983 San Diego Chargers
1984 Seattle Seahawks

Dwight Scales (born May 30, 1953) is a former American football wide receiver who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football at Grambling State University, he spent 8 years in the NFL, from 1976 to 1984, playing on a variety of different teams. After his playing career ended, he worked as the offensive coordinator at St. Michael's Catholic Academy, a private Catholic high school in Austin, Texas from 1997 to 1999.

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