Chase Minnifield said he looks to make game-changing plays, such as his first career interception against Richmond on the goal line last season.

A Lexington, KY, native like Chase Minnifield might not know much about a school like Virginia. Premier football players in Kentucky often tend to stay in Kentucky. They become Kentucky Wildcats or Louisville Cardinals. So when one of his high school coaches brought down a tape of Virginia football, Minnifield didn’t know much about it. When he subsequently talked to a man by the name of Al Groh, he didn’t know much about him, either.

And that might have been all that Minnifield ever knew of Virginia, if it hadn’t been for his father. Frank Minnifield was a pro-bowl defensive back for the Cleveland Browns, playing from 1984-1992. In 1992, Groh was the Browns’ linebackers coach.

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