Professional Career
The New England Patriots selected Mincey in the sixth round (191st pick overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft, and made the team roster for the San Francisco 49ers, but did not appear in any of the 49ers' regular season games in 2006.
Mincey was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars on December 14, 2006 off the San Francisco 49ers' practice squad. In 2007, he played in six regular season games and two playoff games and finished with twelve tackles (seven solo), one quarterback sack and six quarterback pressures. He saw action in three of the Jaguars' games in 2008.
He was injured and waived on August 26, 2009, and subsequently reverted to injured reserve list and did not play during the 2009 season. In 2010, Mincey played in fifteen games, started eight of them, while compiling thirty-one tackles and three pass deflections. He started all sixteen games and compiled eight sacks during the 2011 season, which led the team. Faced with free agency, Mincey signed a new four-year contract with the Jaguars on March 13, 2012.
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