When Duke football player Danny Doyle received a call on his coach’s phone during a team meeting, his heart had to have been pounding out of his chest.
The walk-on junior defensive end was called up by head coach David Cutcliffe to take the call.
“We just spoke to Coach Cutcliffe this morning, and he wanted us to tell you that you’re offered a scholarship!” Doyle’s dad told him in front of the entire team.
With Duke’s tuition being about $50,000 per year, that takes a tremendous amount of strain off of the Doyle family.
Here’s the surprise scholarship offer:
