Kenny Minchey isn’t headed to Lincoln after all.

One day after initially committing to play at Nebraska next season, Minchey flipped his commitment on Monday night. He will now play for Kentucky and new head coach Will Stein next season instead, according to ESPN’s Max Olson.

Minchey played in six games for the Fighting Irish last season, and ended up throwing for 196 yards while completing just shy of 77% of his passes. The redshirt sophomore with two years of eligibility remaining entered the portal officially on Friday with hopes of becoming a starter in 2026.

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He told ESPN on Sunday that he was going to play at Nebraska next season, which would have given the Cornhuskers their top target among transfer quarterbacks in the portal. He would have been a very solid replacement in Lincoln, too, after two-year starter Dylan Raiola hit the portal himself following his season-ending injury.

But now, Minchey is headed to Lexington instead. He’ll get to play for Stein, who was hired to replace longtime coach Mark Stoops last month after a successful run as Oregon’s offensive coordinator.

Kentucky went just 5-7 last season and failed to reach a bowl game for a second straight year under Stoops, who took over in 2013. While he led the team to a pair of 10-win seasons, they’ve failed to win more than seven games in each of the past four seasons and largely fell off in the SEC.

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While it’s unclear what led to the flip, Stein has now landed a big name to help jumpstart the Wildcats next fall. Matt Rhule will have to head back to the drawing board to find Raiola’s replacement, too.