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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Hufftwoseven

Jan 22, 2026

brock said:
This, 2 is fine (maybe one too many tbh considering we have recruited the position well ) 3 is overkill imo though

We had 3 WR’s portal out? Ray Ray, Chance and Ny Carr

Empirical Cane

Jan 22, 2026

ZeroBeachCane3 said:
About to take a peek at their board real quick lol

Kn[]_[]ckles3o5

Jan 22, 2026

Manfred_Cane said:
So is he more like Charlie Becker or more like Julian Edelman?

Becker

Dr. House

Jan 22, 2026

Manfred_Cane said:
So is he more like Charlie Becker or more like Julian Edelman?

Juiced up Chris Hogan.

Hufftwoseven

Jan 22, 2026

brock said:
I guess Man, all I’m saying it has to be a balance . I love The transfers and we need some just for a pure numbers standpoint, however just want the young guys to get a bigger opportunity too especially with 3 transfer receivers gone already in Daniels, Marion and Tony Johnson

Tony Johnson will be gone I’d imagine, pretty sure he took a. Redshirt this year right? Also expect another young WR to enter, I want to keep Upshaw the most.