A Kenny Minchey Player Comp That Makes Perfect Sense for Will Stein

So what exactly is Kentucky getting with Kenny Minchey? Not too many people have probably heard of the former Notre Dame backup quarterback. If this were a basketball recruiting setting, we’d make it palatable by comparing him to another former Wildcat. I won’t go that far, but I do have a player comp that is telling.

The sample size on Minchey is small. He appeared in six games as the backup quarterback in 2025, but it dates even further back. An injury limited him to only four starts during his senior year of high school.

Rather than put on my film cap to play Quarterback Guru, I will trust somebody else who has watched the tape. KSR spoke with a former staff member at Notre Dame who was a…