Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-59@ Pittsburgh | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#17
Ben Minich
Senior defensive back on Miami (OH)'s 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 197 lb · West Chester, OH · Lakota West
Transferred Notre Dame → Miami (OH) for 2026
Recruiting
4★
S recruit
No. 343 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Miami (OH)'s 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2023.
- Transferred from Notre Dame to Miami (OH) in 2026.
Ben Minich
Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Pittsburgh — Week 1, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Notre Dame4-star out of Lakota West
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coach2023–2026
Miami (OH)
Played his entire career under Chuck Martin.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Miami (OH)
2025Notre Dame
2026Miami (OH)
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Notre Dame10-3HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Notre Dame14-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning
2025Notre Dame10-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2026Miami (OH)1-1HC: Chuck Martin · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Miami (OH) | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 13 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
at Notre Dame: Played in 29 games over a three year span with the Fighting Irish Played in 12 games in 2025 on all kickoff units Had eight tackles in 2024, including a career-best three versus Stanford High School: A consensus four-star recruit as rated by 247 Sports, ESPN, On3 and Rivals The 232...
The secondary · Miami (OH)
- #24Mychal Yharbrough44 tackles · 2025
- #12Kaleb Martin31 tackles · 2025
- #21Toney Coleman Jr.21 tackles · 2025
- #6Adrian Walker Jr.20 tackles · 2025
- #17Ben Minich1 tackle · 2025
17 more on the roster · Miami (OH) team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology