Kenny Minchey
American football player (born 2005)
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Kenny Minchey (born February 18, 2005)[1] is an American college football quarterback for the Kentucky Wildcats. He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
| No. 3 – Kentucky Wildcats | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | February 18, 2005 |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 211 lb (96 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Pope Saint John Paul II (Hendersonville, Tennessee) |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Early life
Minchey attended Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory School in Hendersonville, Tennessee. As a junior, he threw for 3,280 yards and 32 touchdowns and was selected to participate in the 2022 Elite 11.[2] Minchey originally verbally committed to play for the Pittsburgh Panthers, but he later decommitted.[3][4] A four-star recruit, he committed to play college football at the University of Notre Dame.[5]
College career
Minchey played sparingly during his first two seasons at Notre Dame.[6] Entering the 2025 season, he competed for the starting quarterback job with CJ Carr, but ultimately lost.[7][8] After spending the 2025 season as a backup, Minchey entered the transfer portal.[9]
On January 4, 2026, Minchey announced his decision to transfer to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, to play for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.[10] However, the following day, he flipped his transfer commitment to the University of Kentucky to play for the Kentucky Wildcats.[11]
Statistics
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 150.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 133.6 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 | — | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 130 | 10.8 | 0 | 0 | 182.7 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 |
| Career | 8 | 0 | 0–0 | 14 | 15 | 93.3 | 146 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 175.1 | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 1 | |
