Kentucky Wildcats · QB RoomQB

#3 Kenny Minchey

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  Notre Dame (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'2" · 211 lbHometown  Hendersonville, TN · Pope John Paul II

Depth-chart placement

Current role

QB1

Placement

Starter

Room

Quarterback

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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QB room context

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Kenny Minchey holds the QB · Starter spot in Kentucky Wildcats’s quarterback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

QB · StarterKenny MincheyStarter

QB · BackupJacQai LongBackup

Transfer history

2026Notre Dame→Kentucky Wildcats

Background & career

Kenny Minchey is a quarterback for the Kentucky Wildcats. The 6'2", 211-pound signal-caller hails from Hendersonville, Tennessee, where he attended Pope John Paul II High School. Minchey arrived at Kentucky as a transfer from Notre Dame and holds the status of a redshirt junior/true redshirt junior in 2026. He was a four-star recruit in the 2023 class, earning a rating of 0.9315 and ranking 170 overall.

Notre Dame2023 – 2025

Kentucky2026 — present

Previous schoolNotre DameRecruiting4-star · No. 170 nationalOriginHendersonville, TN · Pope John Paul II