{"id":388166,"date":"2026-01-04T23:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/388166\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T23:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:10:08","slug":"ex-notre-dame-qb-kenny-minchey-commits-to-nebraska-via-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/388166\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Notre Dame QB Kenny Minchey commits to Nebraska via portal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Max OlsonJan 4, 2026, 04:22 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Covers the Big 12Joined ESPN in 2012Graduate of the University of Nebraska<\/p>\n

Notre Dame<\/a> transfer quarterback Kenny Minchey<\/a> has committed to Nebraska<\/a>, he told ESPN on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Cornhuskers secured their top target among transfer quarterbacks in Minchey, a redshirt sophomore with two more years of eligibility who moved on from Notre Dame in search of an opportunity to become a starter in 2026.<\/p>\n

Minchey officially entered the portal Friday, the first day of the two-week transfer window in college football.<\/p>\n

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The 6-foot-2, 208-pound passer went through a close offseason competition with CJ Carr<\/a> for the Notre Dame starting job that extended through preseason camp. In six appearances this season, Minchey was 20-of-26 passing for 196 yards and rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n

Minchey, a former ESPN 300 recruit who was the No. 5 dual-threat quarterback prospect in the 2023 class, gives coach Matt Rhule and offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen a quarterback to build around in 2026 after two-year starter Dylan Raiola<\/a> opted to move on via the transfer portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nebraska started 6-2 in its third year under Rhule before Raiola went down with a season-ending injury in a 21-17 loss to USC<\/a>. The Huskers lost four of their last five games to finish 7-6 as freshman quarterback TJ Lateef<\/a> replaced Raiola and accounted for 1,024 total yards and nine touchdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max OlsonJan 4, 2026, 04:22 PM ET CloseCovers the Big 12Joined ESPN in 2012Graduate of the University of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-388166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}