Miami Emerges As Favorite For Duke Transfer QB Darian Mensah

Trinton Breeze

Jan 16, 2026 1 min read

Word around college football today is Miami is now the team to beat for former Duke QB Darian Mensah, who recently entered the transfer portal on the last day. This isn’t some long shot, the Hurricanes are getting serious looks and buzz as the favorite to land him according to 247Sports.

He broke out at Tulane in 2024, starting all 13 games and throwing 2,723 yards with 22 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions while completing 65.9% of his throws. He also ran for 132 yards and a score.

He then transferred to Manny Diaz’s Duke squad for the 2025 season, and he took off even more piling up nearly 4,000 yards passing with 34 touchdowns and 6 picks and a completion rate around 67%.

Mensah is back in the portal, and Miami fans are hyped about the possibility of adding a proven Power-5 QB.

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bear

Jan 24, 2026

Ok boys. Let’s keep this simple. We ******? Yeah or nah?

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goblin deez nuts

Jan 24, 2026

bear said:
Ok boys. Let’s keep this simple. We ******? Yeah or nah?

Depends. Is the chicken tendies sub on sale this week or nah?

NZ Cane

Jan 24, 2026

Salt said:

Sht what was the full deal there, he wasn't certified?

So he couldnt be in the gym with the players.....mental.

clg003

Jan 24, 2026

DocCane407 said:
We lived in Winter Haven for thirty years. The original Publix was our go to store.

Blue devil?

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LMCane

Jan 24, 2026

grover said:
Cignetti is a highly talented coach in a top heavy and overhyped conference. He'll keep winning 9+ a year because there are a lot of mediocre teams in the BiG.

But I do think he's capped, and I doubt he ever sees a run like this year's. Taint, Michigan and Oregon will spend millions to analyze all his team's tendencies and continue to out-recruit Indiana. Even being smarter and better at development and execution, they'll beat him more often than not and keep him in the 1-3 loss range.

Also, his team will fall back to the mean in terms of probabilities. He's not going to have 4th-down penalties, blocked punts and missed field goals go his way every game. Beck wins that final drive 50% of the time, too.

you left out the fact half the team was 24 year old former James Madison teammates

they are all gone now. he has to actually build a team from scratch

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LMCane

Jan 24, 2026

CaneManeShane727 said:
We’ve got like 8-9 in all of Nashville. The downtown location is the one I work near so I frequent. I call it the ghetto Publix. Everyone here doesn’t understand why because there’s also a notorious ghetto Kroger that has had shootings lol. I just tell them to go to a Publix in metro Florida and then assess the average Publix here. They’re improving though.

Great to hear

If I get this job offer where I can work remotely I am considering moving to either Nashville or Knoxville to be closer to my parents (Dallas)

Nashville is a better city -but Knoxville is much cheaper for cost of living, and less competition for the thousands of hotties at UT.

clg003

Jan 24, 2026

jebures said:
The south is a bunch of pussies. Im in south dakota in -40 wind chills with kids walking in shorts in t-shirts outside. I am not exaggerating either

Yeah bro you prob couldn’t mow your lawn in south Florida without two IV breaks…

TheOriginalCane

Jan 24, 2026

DamnLiesAndStatistics said:
So Publix is funding the Mensah NIL?

They funded our Business School back in the day.

George Jenkins School of Business.

JD08

Jan 24, 2026

Golsen82 said:
I lived in Palm Beach Gardens! You ever go to the remodeled on in the Promenade plaza? I would go to that one or the one off northlake. I think Boca i saw has like 10 publixes lol

I haven’t been to that one in a long time, but it seems like they've been working on it forever. The only reason we'd stop there is if we were also getting Yu-Mi Sushi.

Golsen82

Jan 24, 2026

LMCane said:
Great to hear

If I get this job offer where I can work remotely I am considering moving to either Nashville or Knoxville to be closer to my parents (Dallas)

Nashville is a better city -but Knoxville is much cheaper for cost of living, and less competition for the thousands of hotties at UT.

Dont come to Nashville, I've been in this area almost 5 years. Preparing to move back to Florida, either Palm Bay or Port St Lucie. Nashville blows lol. Where do you live now? My brother is in Austin, loves it there and much closer to Dallas

ImperialCane

Jan 24, 2026

DamnLiesAndStatistics said:
So Publix is funding the Mensah NIL?

Man is getting compensated in chicken tender subs and wings. Not bad.

grover

Jan 24, 2026

LMCane said:
you left out the fact half the team was 24 year old former James Madison teammates

they are all gone now. he has to actually build a team from scratch

Well, he is either ELITE at talent identification or ELITE at talent development, possibly both. Because no one else in the P4 even sniffed at those kids, yet there they were knocking back our NFL-bound OL who were 50-60 pounds heavier than them in the NC game. He also seemed to do pretty **** well in the portal last cycle. Meanwhile, Indiana is ranked #3 in the portal so far this cycle (including grabbing Schott when we are ridiculously thin at TE), and it will be year 3 for any of the kids remaining on roster.

I just think people are fooling themselves if they believe he's a one-hit-wonder. Cignetti is an arrogant SOB. And as I said, I don't expect him to ever reach the altitudes he reached this season. But he will continue to win games at Indiana and be a tough out going forward.

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bacane

Jan 24, 2026

No, he’s got a system & structure that isn’t going away. May not win multiple championships, but his teams will be successful.

DocCane407

Jan 24, 2026

clg003 said:
Blue devil?

By the time our kids came of age they went to Lake Region.

Kjdcanefan

Jan 24, 2026

JHallCanes said:
We’ve got Supreme Court level lawyers here

We’ve got world renowned sports injury specialists

We’ve got X and O football gurus that make Bill Walsh look retarded

I’m looking for our therapists to step up and help me here

Just pour all that desire for therapy into Sarms, Test, and the gym. Then peptides after all the tendon and ligament damage.