| No. 8 – Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 208 lb (94 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Pope Saint John Paul II (Hendersonville, Tennessee) |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Kenny Minchey is an American college football quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
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. [1] Minchey originally verbally committed to play for the Pittsburgh Panthers, but he later decommitted. [2] [3] A four-star recruit, he committed to play college football at the University of Notre Dame. [4]
Minchey played sparingly during his first two seasons at Notre Dame. [5] Entering the 2025 season, he is competing for the Fighting Irish's starting quarterback job with CJ Carr. [6] [7]
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |