Kenny Minchey

#3 · QB · Senior · Kentucky6′2″ · 211 lb · Hendersonville, TN · Pope John Paul II

ZPR4768th of 119 QBsHeismanNo. 19in our modelLast gameW 34–17vs Vanderbilt · Oct 24
Nextat TennesseeSat Nov 7 · 6:15 pm ET

Kentucky has won six straight in the games played, 7-1 in all. A rhythm passer who throws shorter than most.

Strongest: an interception on 0.5% of throws, 7th lowest of 158 starters.

Passing yards

1,755

160 of 232, 69%

TD–INT

14–1

7.6 per throw

NCAA rating

151.6

37th of 119

ZPR

47

68th of 119

How ZPR works

Solid or better in 5 of 8 graded games.

  • No interceptions in the last six games.
  • 2-1 against ranked teams, 215 passing yards a game.

Best by our grade: at Texas A&M. Lowest: Alabama, with 1 interception and sacked 4 times. Biggest game: at Texas A&M, No. 9. Best play: Completion for 6 yards, touchdown, at South Carolina, overtime 0:00. Win chance 17% to 100%. Costliest play: Interception, returned for a touchdown, against Alabama, Q1 6:35. Win chance 58% to 32%.

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Season

Gets better after halftime

How to read this

Each column is a quarter. Blue and up is a good stretch for the quarterback, red and down a bad one, hatched means the game was already decided. A red cross is a turnover and a black dot a touchdown. The word on the right grades the whole game. A gold line means the r/CFB game thread kept naming the quarterback. Tap a game to open its plays: each bar is one of the quarterback’s plays, up helped the team’s chance of winning and down hurt it, and the grey line is that chance.

The word grades the game against every FBS quarterback start, from Rough to Great, using the same throws as the season Zeitgeist Passer Rating and adjusting for the defense faced. Bars are points added per throw in that quarter. The Season row leaves out quarters after a game was decided.

Style of play

Rhythm passer

Also: yards after catch

Why this word
Runs3.0 a gameRarelyA lot
Throws6.8 yards past the lineShortDeep
Completes69%FewerMore
Takes sacks7% of dropbacksRarelyOften

The dot is this quarterback, among this season’s starters; the tick is the middle.

Throws shorter than most and runs some. 3.0 carries a game. Closest matches: McCown, Johnson, Grunkemeyer, Morton ’25.

Where the throws go

Behind the line25%typical 17%
Short48%typical 47%
Middle17%typical 22%
Deep11%typical 14%

Runs 3.0 times a game; 68% of starters run more.

Closest in style

McCownJohnsonGrunkemeyerMorton ’25This QB

Nearer the middle means more alike.

  • McCown UTSA · Rhythm passer
    1,751 yards, 10 TD, 4 INT so far. Both complete a lot and throw short.
  • Johnson Georgia Southern · Rhythm passer
    1,928 yards, 11 TD, 2 INT so far. Both throw short and complete a lot.
  • Grunkemeyer Virginia Tech · Rhythm passer
    2,140 yards, 17 TD, 2 INT so far. Both throw short and throw behind the line a lot.
  • Morton ’25 Texas Tech 2025 · Pocket passer
    2,780 yards, 22 TD, 6 INT. Drafted in round 7 (No. 234 overall) by New England, 2026. Both throw behind the line a lot and throw short.

Compared with the 158 FBS starters this season for throws and running, and with 219 quarterbacks across 2 seasons for the matches, on how they play and how they have done.

This week

  • RecordKentucky is 7-1, No. 8 in the AP poll (week 10).
  • Last gameOct. 24 · a win over Vanderbilt, 203 passing yards.
  • Fans after Vanderbilt

    Minchey getting his head hit like 5 times there after he was in

    Kentucky fan

  • Next gameat Tennessee · Sat Nov 7

What’s being said

25 stories in the last 30 days, from 13 outlets.

Oct 6: 2Oct 7: 1Oct 8: 1Oct 10: 3Oct 11: 5Oct 12: 2Oct 13: 1Oct 16: 1Oct 18: 1Oct 22: 2Oct 24: 1Oct 25: 2Oct 27: 1Nov 3: 2W 35-34 vs LSUWW 21-13 at OklahomaWW 34-17 vs VanderbiltWOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 5
Oct 6: 2Oct 7: 1Oct 8: 1Oct 10: 3Oct 11: 5Oct 12: 2Oct 13: 1Oct 16: 1Oct 18: 1Oct 22: 2Oct 24: 1Oct 25: 2Oct 27: 1Nov 3: 2W 35-34 vs LSUWW 21-13 at OklahomaWW 34-17 vs VanderbiltWOct 6Nov 4Most in a day: 5
Stories per day. W and L: the team’s results.

Kenny Minchey helps No. 12 Kentucky beat Vanderbilt 34-17

Bozeman Daily Chronicle +3 Oct 24

All 81 stories this season

Worth knowing

  • Kenny Minchey has 1 interception in 232 throws, the 4th-fewest among FBS quarterbacks.
  • Kenny Minchey spent three seasons at Notre Dame before this one.

His most important play this season

  1. Q2, 14:56 · Kentucky breaks the tieKenny Minchey finds Henry Boyer for a 20-yard touchdownAlabama at Kentucky, week 2Q2, 14:56 · Kentucky 14, Alabama 7Kentucky took the lead in the second quarterKentucky took the lead in the second quarterK.Minchey pass complete short right to H.Boyer caught at ALA03, for 20 yards to the ALA00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this playESPN College Football

All 9 of his plays on video

Kenny Minchey

QB · Kentucky · #3

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Kenny Minchey takes over from Cutter Boley at Kentucky.

1,755passing yards14passing TD38rushing yards

PERCEPTION ABOVE TAPE · PCTL GAP

-25

perception vs production percentile · 2026

The name carries 75th-percentile weight; the snaps grade out 50th. The gap is the open question.

Read the story so far

Kenny Minchey arrived as a 4-star prospect, the No.169 recruit nationally. Kenny Minchey lines up at QB for Kentucky.

On the field, the headline is 1,755 pass yds, with 14 pass td.

Kenny Minchey inherited the QB job from Cutter Boley (4-star).

The number to watch: -25 — perception above tape · pctl gap.

QB successionleap of faith
  • Inherited fromCutter Boley 4★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04