Miami Hurricanes quarterback Darian Mensah spoke with the media ahead of Miami's game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Check out everything he had to say ahead of the matchup:
On his chemistry with Josh Moore: Yeah, he brings, obviously, an element of size to the receiver room, big 6'4, 200-plus-pound dude who can go up and get the football. So, yeah, he has that element. He was balling during camp, and so it's only a matter of time before he shows on the field. He works his butt off. So, yeah, him and I have awesome chemistry.
On mentioning Dereon Coleman and Luke Nickel: Yeah, obviously, I'm the leader in that room, which I take pride in, and I talked about this before, but when I was a younger quarterback at Tulane, Michael Pratt was the senior quarterback, and he kind of took me under his wing, and so I try to just do the same thing that he did to me to these younger guys and be the example in the room and really just be a true leader through and through.
On how he spreads the ball around: Yeah, I just, to be honest, my coach calls the play, and I try to go out and execute it as best as possible. We're an up-progression-based offense, and I would just go to where the defense is telling me to go. So it doesn't really matter. Obviously, Malachi Toney runs great routes and he's open a lot, so he gets the ball. But it's not like he's the first read on this play, but no, I'm just going out there and trying to execute the play as best as I can.
On what he has saw from Wake Forest on film: I think they're physical, play the hardest, hardest ever, and I think that their D-line is, you know, really, really legit. And so Coach said on this week, we've got to be legit with our protections, and their DBs are also very solid too. So definitely going to be a test for us, and we've got to be mentally prepared.
On when he decides to take off and run: Yeah, once my progressions are exhausted, Coach Dawson preaches it, you go on and try to make a play with your feet, and I'm just a pass-first guy, but if everybody's dropping back and trying to defend the pass, then I've got to attack them a different way, which is on the ground with my feet. So, like I said, I just try to go out there, execute the play as best as I can. If the throw's not there, then I'll take off.
On his chemistry with Josh Moore: Yeah, he brings, obviously, an element of size to the receiver room, big 6'4, 200-plus-pound dude who can go up and get the football. So, yeah, he has that element. He was balling during camp, and so it's only a matter of time before he shows on the field. He works his butt off. So, yeah, him and I have awesome chemistry.
On mentioning Dereon Coleman and Luke Nickel: Yeah, obviously, I'm the leader in that room, which I take pride in, and I talked about this before, but when I was a younger quarterback at Tulane, Michael Pratt was the senior quarterback, and he kind of took me under his wing, and so I try to just do the same thing that he did to me to these younger guys and be the example in the room and really just be a true leader through and through.
On how he spreads the ball around: Yeah, I just, to be honest, my coach calls the play, and I try to go out and execute it as best as possible. We're an up-progression-based offense, and I would just go to where the defense is telling me to go. So it doesn't really matter. Obviously, Malachi Toney runs great routes and he's open a lot, so he gets the ball. But it's not like he's the first read on this play, but no, I'm just going out there and trying to execute the play as best as I can.
On what he has saw from Wake Forest on film: I think they're physical, play the hardest, hardest ever, and I think that their D-line is, you know, really, really legit. And so Coach said on this week, we've got to be legit with our protections, and their DBs are also very solid too. So definitely going to be a test for us, and we've got to be mentally prepared.
On when he decides to take off and run: Yeah, once my progressions are exhausted, Coach Dawson preaches it, you go on and try to make a play with your feet, and I'm just a pass-first guy, but if everybody's dropping back and trying to defend the pass, then I've got to attack them a different way, which is on the ground with my feet. So, like I said, I just try to go out there, execute the play as best as I can. If the throw's not there, then I'll take off.
