Josh Minkins

Former defensive back at Cincinnati. 2024: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

DB · Cincinnati · Sr.

6′2″ · 202 lb · Louisville, KY

CFB Index 59 · #187 of 537 safetiesLow confidenceCincinnati 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1021 nationally · Signed with Ballard

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Cincinnati. 2024: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 45 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ballard in 2020.
Transferred from Louisville to Cincinnati in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Cincinnati, 136 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20204 games

Recruited3-star out of Ballard

202411 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1021 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2022

Luke Fickell

Cincinnati

2023–2024

Scott Satterfield

Cincinnati

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Luke Fickell → Scott Satterfield. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Louisville4-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2021Louisville6-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2023Louisville10-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Run-leaning

2024Cincinnati5-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #187 of 537?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#327 / 2892 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#613 / 2892 · 78th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Tackles#748 / 2892 · 74th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1667 / 2892 · 38th pct

1.5

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.5
Road5g	4.4	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.8	0.2	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+6g	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #187 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #187 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Cincinnati	45	28	1.5	0.0	4	2	--
2023	Louisville	17	15	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Louisville	51	37	2.0	1.0	3	1	--
2021	Louisville	17	8	0.0	0.0	--	1	--
2020	Louisville	6	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		136	91	3.5	1.0	7	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 38–20

vs Towson

3 PD · 4 SOLO · 6 TOT

With B. Sorsby — 383 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 93.3 · 5 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · E. Pryor — 105 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-20vs Towson	6	4	0.0	—	3	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	L 27-28vs Pittsburgh	2	1	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 34-0vs Houston	4	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 5	L 41-44@ Texas Tech	6	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 19-13@ UCF	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Arizona State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 23-34@ Colorado	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 24-31vs West Virginia	3	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-34@ Iowa State	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 15-41@ Kansas State	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 13-20vs TCU	5	1	0.0	—	0
Total		45	28	1.5	2	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology