On3 4-star QB Kenny Minchey receives Elite 11 Finals Invite

Pittsburgh got one of the steals of the 2023 recruiting cycle when it landed Hendersonville (Tenn.) Pope John Paul II quarterback Kenny Minchey in April.

Minchey, the No. 13 QB in On3’s 2023 rankings, had been hearing from a number of other major programs interested in his services when he committed to the Panthers. He proved why over the weekend, earning a spot in the Elite 11 Finals later this month in Los Angeles.

’𝟐𝟐 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝟏𝟏 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 Invite No. 13, Kenny Minchey (@kenny_minchey) pic.twitter.com/Y7G7fYzgY9

— Elite11 (@Elite11) May 31, 2022

Few invitations mean as much as the Elite 11 Finals do to high school quarterbacks. The event, which will celebrate its 23rd year in 2022, brings together the country’s elite signal-callers for four days of competition and training from former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer and a host of others.

Elite 11 alumni include Carson Palmer, Andrew Luck, Matthew Stafford, Tim Tebow, and more recently Trevor Lawrence, C.J. Stroud, Bryce Young and more. Last year’s Elite 11 Finals featured 13 of the top 20 quarterbacks in the final 2022 On3 Consensus Rankings, including each of the top six players at the position.

As invites go out over the next few months after Elite 11 Regionals across the country, we’re tracking the prospects who — barring injury or schedule conflict — will head to Los Angeles in late June and compete for the title of the country’s top quarterback in the 2023 class.

Kenny Minchey joins some of the biggest names across the country as finalists this year, includes five-stars Malachi Nelson, Nico Iamaleava and Dante Moore. Find the full list of participants here.