Nicholas Minicucci IV is an American college football quarterback for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens.
Early life Raised in Midland Park, New Jersey, Minicucci attended Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, New Jersey.Tartaglia, Greg. "Don Bosco football downs St. Joseph in wild back-and-forth shootout", The Record, September 9, 2022. Accessed October 19, 2025. "Nick Minicucci could feel the momentum shifting away from his Don Bosco Prep team in the third quarter of Friday night’s Super Football Conference clash with rival St. Joseph Regional.... 'I think I play better when I’m mad, when I have something to prove,' said Minicucci, a senior from Midland Park." As a senior, he threw for 2,022 yards and 19 touchdowns and rushed for 651 yards and 8 touchdowns. He committed to play college football at the University of Delaware.
College career Minicucci primarily served as a reserve quarterback as a true freshman. Following injuries to Ryan O’Connor and Zach Marker, he was named the Fightin' Blue Hens' starting quarterback against Lafayette in the first round of the FCS playoffs. In his first career start, Minicucci threw for 198 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions, leading Delaware to a 36–34 victory. During the following season in a match against Campbell, he threw for 230 yards and accounted for six total touchdowns in a 41–22 win. Minicucci finished his sophomore campaign throwing for 825 yards and ten touchdowns.
Following the early injury of starting quarterback Zach Marker in the Blue Hens' 2025 season opener against Delaware State, then-backup Minicucci completed 28 passes for 270 yards and 3 touchdowns and rushed for 1 touchdown. He was named the Fightin' Blue Hens starting quarterback after that game, a role he retained for the rest of the 2025 season. Minicucci completed the 2025 season with 3,683 passing yards, the 6th most passing yards of any college football quarterback during that season and the most passing yards of any CUSA quarterback during that season.
Statistics SeasonTeam Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TD 2023Delaware 6 1 1–0 49 81 60.5 474 5.9 5 5 117.7 33 156 4.7 0 2024Delaware 9 5 4–1 79 124 63.7 825 6.7 10 3 141.4 45 109 2.4 32025Delaware 13 12 6–6 322 512 62.9 3,683 7.2 23 7 135.4 112 235 2.1 10 2026Delaware 1 1 1–0 20 36 55.6 330 9.2 2 1 145.6 5 13 9.2 1 Career 29 19 12–7 469 753 62.3 5,330 7.1 40 17 134.8 195 545 2.8 14
References
External links Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens bio