Doyle selected as member of 2024 class for Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKU Athletics) – WKU Football great Jack Doyle has been selected as a member of the Class of 2024 for the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame, the organization announced Thursday.
The Class of 2024 will be formally inducted into the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame on June 27-28.
“Jack Doyle is one of the greats in the history of WKU Football and WKU Athletics,” Director of Athletics Todd Stewart said. “He displayed exemplary leadership as a three-year captain at an important time in our program’s history as it transitioned to the FBS ranks. He was a part of the program’s first FBS victory in 2010, led the team in receptions in WKU’s 32-31 win over Kentucky in Lexington in 2012 which helped pave to way to the program’s first bowl game as an FBS program later that season, and still has his name spread throughout the WKU record book for his extraordinary play on the field. After graduating, Jack continued to shine a positive light on WKU during his nine-year NFL career with the Indianapolis Colts, where he was a two-time Pro Bowl selection. Congratulations to Jack on this incredible recognition!”
Doyle, a tight end and four-year letterman from 2009-12, had one of the best collegiate and professional careers of any Hilltopper. Doyle was a three-year captain and a member of WKU Football’s All-Century Team announced in 2018, and left with program records for receptions (162) and receiving yards (1,769) in a career by a tight end – marks that still stand today. His 53 receptions in 2012 are still a single-season high by a WKU tight end, and he holds the second- and third-best marks in receiving yards in a single season by a WKU tight end (614 yards, 2011; 566 yards, 2012). Doyle’s eight career touchdown receptions are tied for fifth-most by a WKU tight end.
Doyle was a First Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection his senior year and helped lead the Hilltoppers to the first bowl game of the program’s FBS era. He participated in the Senior Bowl in 2013.
After going undrafted following his career on The Hill, Doyle initially signed with the Tennessee Titans, but later found a home with the Indianapolis Colts, where he played from 2013-21. Doyle caught 295 passes for 2,729 yards and 24 touchdowns, all with the Colts, and his nine-year career included two Pro Bowl nods.
The Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame began in 2003 and inducts great NFL players who have a connection to Kentucky.
“As Chair of the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame, it is an honor to welcome Jack Doyle into the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame,” Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame Chair Kay Collier McLaughlin said. “Jack is a fine human being whose record in the National Football League brings honor to him as an individual, and to Western Kentucky University.”
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