Daniel Israel Mincey has entered the transfer portal despite felony charges for stabbing two teammates.
College football has officially jumped the shark. Maybe wrestled it or possibly stabbed it. Because somehow, some way, Daniel Israel Mincey, a player accused of stabbing two teammates has entered the transfer portal. Yes. The same transfer portal used by players who want “more playing time” or “a fresh start.” Not usually “active legal situation.”
Welcome to modern day college football.
The sophomore offensive lineman already transferred once before, leaving the University of Kentucky shortly after 2025 spring practice and committing to UAB.
This time the Fort Lauderdale, Florida native is trying to find a new school two months after being accused of stabbing teammates Josh Underwood and JaSire Peterson before UAB played South Florida in Birmingham. Both Peterson and Underwood were released from the hospital in December and were said to be ‘recovering.’
The 20-year-old Mincey, meanwhile, is planning to plead guilty to attempted murder and assault as a youthful offender at a January 20 hearing in Jefferson County, Alabama, according to court documents.
Judge William Bell Jr. has ordered probation services to conduct a youthful offender investigation before that hearing. It’s unclear what punishment Mincey could be facing as Alabama judges have the authority to be lenient with defendants under the age of 21.
As a result, Mincey’s clouded future in football likely rests in Bell’s hands.
The stabbing took place shortly after 10am local time inside the football operations building.
The game wasn’t postponed and the Blazers went on to lose, 48-18.
To be clear, this situation is serious. There are legal processes. There are victims. This isn’t funny in real life. But the structure of college football treating this like normal portal business? That’s the absurd part.
The transfer portal was supposed to be about opportunity, growth, player freedom, not violent incident.
Yet here we are. College football never sleeps, it just gets stranger.
