John Mincey: DL · Arkansas State.
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John Mincey
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 4 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against South Alabama — Week 9, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Arkansas State | 20 | 6 | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | Arkansas State | 19 | 13 | 4.0 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | Tennessee | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 57 | 27 | 13.0 | 1.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-3vs Grambling | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 32-44@ Memphis | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 26-29@ Old Dominion | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-20@ Southern Miss | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 18-38@ Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 3-31vs South Alabama | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-33vs Massachusetts | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-48vs Troy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 6 | 6.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
32%6 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
10%2 hurries20 tackles · 6.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
51.6%
396 pass / 372 run
Plays / game
64.0
12 games
Team sack rate
8.8%
432 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #382 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Tennessee and Arkansas State, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 27 games over five seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeremy Pruitt and Butch Jones.
