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Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman on 3-way QB competition
Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman says all three starting quarterback candidates will get a chance to work with first-team offense this spring.
SOUTH BEND — Now in his third spring with Notre Dame football, Kenny Minchey’s editing skills have come to the fore.
As the quarterbacks meet to review the practice script just before walking out, it often falls to Minchey to spot the stray typo.
“Oh, mentally, Kenny’s on it now,” quarterbacks coach Gino Guidugli said after a recent practice. “When the coach is making a mistake on the script, Kenny’s going to be the first one to say, ‘Hey, on Play 12, is that supposed to be … ’ “
Guidugli smiled at the memory.
“’ No, Kenny, you’re right. That was supposed to be this,’ “ Guidugli said, recounting his response. “He’s really locked in that way, has great questions, and just loves football. Football guy.”
Perfect on the only three passing attempts of his Irish career, Minchey is more than just the athletic alternative to Steve Angeli and CJ Carr in this three-way quarterback competition. The former top-175 national recruit from Hendersonville, Tenn., has shown a complete grasp of the offense, now in its second season under coordinator Mike Denbrock.
”You hear him at practice and in the film room,” Minchey said. “You know he wants us to take shots. He wants us to push the ball down the field because obviously, you have to do that to be successful in college football.”
That’s music to Minchey’s ears. He’s the one with the “gunslinger” mentality, as Guidugli has said, not to mention a rocket arm with 70-yard range.
At least that’s how Minchey remembers it from the last time former Irish quarterback Sam Hartman egged him into a long-heave contest with their fellow…
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