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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oso4lyf

Tuesday at 9:07 AM

Bring me tears

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jsy

Tuesday at 9:07 AM

boom
now lets get this done
and grab his WR

htownkidd

Tuesday at 9:08 AM

Alright let’s get this **** done and get our boy in here for spring practice.

Strobe

Tuesday at 9:08 AM

merge merge merge into main thread

RozayCane

Tuesday at 9:09 AM

Shout out to my

Lil Wayne for getting this done lol

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Jomama

Tuesday at 9:09 AM

Excellent news! Getting him was the biggest portal pickup and has to put is in a top 5/top 10 position going into 2026! Mario got what he needed from the portal, the only real miss in my eyes was Sleaton but you can't get them all!