College Career
Mincey attended Butler County Community College, in El Dorado, Kansas, from 2002 to 2003. He was recognized as a first-team all-conference, after tallying fifty-nine total tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, four quarterback sacks, one interception, two pass breakups, three forced fumbles, four recovered fumbles and one sack for a safety. Rivals.com rated Mincey as the No. 18 junior college player in the country.
He received an athletic scholarship to transfer to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football teams in 2004 and 2005. As a senior team captain in 2005, Mincey earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors when he ranked fourth on the team with sixty-two tackles and second with 10.5 tackles for a loss. He started in all twenty-four games in which he played for the Gators.
Mincey graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance in 2007.
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