The first player to sign with Tennessee on National Signing Day 2018 is DL John Mincey. He is the 15th member of the 2018 signing class for UT.
DL – John Mincey Clinch County (Homerville, GA) 6’4, 255
Composite 3-star/247Sports (3)/Rivals (3)/ESPN (3)
Josh Ward’s take: Tennessee is happy to land Mincey and just as happy to keep him from joining Will Muschamp’s defense. Tennessee’s staff believes Mincey can grow into a solid pass rusher.
Bio from UT
Composite Ranking:
Position Rank: No. 38 SDE
State Rank: No. 79 in GA
High School
- Named to Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) Class A (Public) All-State team in 2017
- Named to Georgia Sports Writer’s Association (GSWA) Class A (Public) All-State first-team defense in 2017
- Collected Defensive Player of the Year honors from Region 2-A
- Helped lead Clinch County to a 12-2 record and the GHSA Class A-Public State Championship in 2017, the program’s seventh state title
- Also played basketball for Clinch County
- ESPN scouting report described Mincey as flashing “strong point of attack skills with ability to fire out, uncoil and shoot hands and use his reach to press blockers”
- Held numerous Power Five offers and chose Tennessee over Arkansas, South Carolina and Auburn among several others
