Three things I like about Notre Dame Quarterback #8 Kenny Minchey

Faith in Kenny

The Notre Dame football roster is full of great players — known and unknown. No matter the place on the depth chart or the recruiting ranking a player had attached to him before his arrival at Notre Dame — there are probably some things I really like about him. So over the course of the next few months, let’s take a positive approach to running down the roster.

Almost daily (just being honest) I’ll list three things I like about a single player on the roster, and as an additional bonus, I’ll post some extra pics over on the OFD Instagram account (be sure to follow RIGHT HERE).

Next up…

#8 Kenny Minchey — Quarterback

Kenny Minchey was a consensus 4-Star recruit out of Pope John Paul II High School (same school as Irish legend Golden Tate) in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The 6’2” 206 pound junior originally committed to the Pitt Panthers in April of 2022, but as the recruiting cycle continued, the quarterback shuffle raged on throughout the country. Minchey eventually decommitted from Pitt that November, and less than a month later — Notre Dame had its quarterback for the 2023 class.

Here are three things I like about Kenny Minchey:

1. He was underappreciated from the start.

Much like Notre Dame’s other #8, the main man at the position wasn’t supposed to be the man the Irish got. This was the Dante Moore/Peyton Bowen recruiting cycle and things got a little nuts. Even though Minchey was a 4-Star and a top 175 recruit overall, Irish fans fans were obsessed with Moore and his extra star by his name. Meanwhile people forgot that he only played in 4 games as a senior, but as a junior he threw for almost 3300 yards and 32 touchdowns. People forget that.

2. Minchey has every tool needed to be an elite CFB QB.

It’s easy (and stupid) to just paint Kenny with the “athletic quarterback” brush. Simpletons and talking heads will love to use the phrase “he’s more of the runner and Carr is more of the passer,” and it’s bullshit. Yes… Kenny can scoot and is probably more mobile than Carr, but that line of thinking dismisses a strong and accurate arm attached to a body with a head that knows the offense.

3. A couple of different intangibles.

First… Kenny has really big hands. It’s ironic, really. Former Pitt QB Kenny Pickett is well known for having very tiny hands, and former Pitt QB commit Kenny Minchey has really big hands. I love the universe.

Second… Backflips — BACKFLIPS BRUH!