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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VustyVoles

Tuesday at 9:29 AM

Strobe said:
merge merge merge into main thread

No, who can even follow anything about this situation in that shiiiit show of a thread

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PIPO

Tuesday at 9:29 AM

Dr. House said:
It's a shame that I have settled into this new gimmick persona, nevertheless...

You need to put your original name in there!!

Dr. House Bender!

JZCane0825

Tuesday at 9:29 AM

Allabouttheu95 said:
Does Barry have sources the way he acts like he does? He seems very selective with what he goes all in on? Which makes it seem like yes he does…. But he’s been full of **** so often in the past it’s hard to take serious

He's a dweeb and FOS.

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Caniac16

Tuesday at 9:29 AM

Where's that dumb *** lawyer who was tweeting novellas about how Mensah and Miami were screwed?

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goblin deez nuts

Tuesday at 9:30 AM

No way mario pulls this off 3 years in a row. Totally inept going into the season with Emory as qb.

Da Jumbo Mutombo

Tuesday at 9:31 AM

CreativeCane said:
These guys really don't give two ***** that they did the exact same thing to Tulane when he had an NIL deal there. Only Duke is the victim here.

And that Manny did the same **** (coaching version) to Temple lol.

But the dude who said he would only be happy with the settlement if Mensah is not allowed to play versus Duke made me laugh. I wish I could comment about the fact the played Mensah versus Tulane last year.

JgDaCane

Tuesday at 9:31 AM

AAA Duke. Nice to have another farm team.

JD08

Tuesday at 9:31 AM

hollyhood27 said:
I haven’t…I’ll have to hunt it down.

Fresh Market has it. Frostie also makes some other crappy soft drinks they sell in places like Dollar Tree, but the root beer is the same as before they went through the buyout shuffle.