He was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the third round of the 2001 NFL draft and also played with the St. Louis Rams.
Minor attended Catholic High in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and won varsity letters in football and track.
He finished his career with 3,218 yards rushing and 28 touchdowns on 664 attempts, while also catching 106 passes for 831 yards and three scores and is the school's fourth all-time leading rusher, trailing only Dalvin Cook (4,464), Warrick Dunn (3,959), and Greg Allen (3,769).
He led the team in rushing all four years and was a second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection as a senior when he rushed for a career-high 923 yards and five touchdowns on 181 carries, and tallied a career-best 42 receptions for 333 yards.
Coincidentally, Travis Minor and Warrick Dunn also attended the same high school.