[1] Minter played professionally as a safety in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons, from 1997 to 2006, with the Carolina Panthers.

In his senior season, Minter started and played the first ten games at safety before moving to linebacker for the final two.

He amassed 51 tackles, five interceptions, six deflected passes, and five quarterback rushes, which earned him All-Big 12 first-team honors.

In 1998, Minter missed ten games because of a staph infection that developed as a complication of surgery on his left knee.

In Carolina's appearance in the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots in 2003, Minter ranked second on defense and equaled a career-high of 18 tackles.

[5] On November 26, 2012, Minter became the head football coach at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina.

[6] Minter also coached three seasons at First Assembly Christian School in Concord, North Carolina, where he won two state championships.