Saturday, May 19, 2012

Western Kentucky 2012 Players To Watch

Western Kentucky went 7-1 in Conference play last season!

Quanterus Smith

DL - 6-5 - 251
Senior
Loganville, Ga.r

Earned second-team all-Sun Belt honors … Led the Hilltopper defense with 7.5 sacks on the season and fi nished second with 11 tackles for loss - both career highs...

Had double-digit tackles for loss the second year in a row, with losses totaling 100 yards lost...Played in all 12 games, posting 38 total tackles, including 23 tackles of the solo variety...Had two sacks on two diff erent occasions, with the fi rst coming in week four against Arkansas State...Finished the game with fi ve tackles...His second two-sack performance came against Louisiana-Monroe, as he fi nished with a pair of sacks totaling 15 yards lost, to go along with six total tackles and a career-high four tackles for loss in helping WKU to its fourth consecutive win...Had a sack against Louisiana-Lafayette (10/22/11), to go along with three tackles.


Jack Doyle
TE - 6-6 - 251
Senior
Indianapolis, Ind.

Named 2011 second-team all-Sun Belt…Set career highs in receptions (52) and receiving yards (614) while playing in all 12 regular season games for the fi rst time in his career on the Hill...

Led the Hilltoppers in both receptions and receiving yards for the regular season... Averaged over 50 yards per game receiving and over four catches per game, while going over 100 yards receiving in three diff erent games, putting him over 1,000 yards receiving for his career...Led the Hilltoppers in receiving on seven diff erent occasions...Tied for the team lead with four catches for 35 yards in the home opener against Navy (09/10/11) in week two...Led the Hilltopper off ense the following week with 68 yards receiving off fi ve catches against Indiana State (09/17/11)...Posted his fi rst career 100-yard receiving performance in week five against Middle Tennessee.