Upcoming Event: Football versus Tulane on September 5, 2026
Football
vs Tulane
2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 10
Darian Mensah
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Luis Obispo, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Tulane
2025: Team captain ... Duke’s Carmen Falcone Most Valuable Player … MVP of the ACC Championship Game and Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl … Second Team All-ACC as voted by the league and the Associated Press (AP) … the 2025 AP ACC Newcomer Transfer of the Year … the November 3 ACC Quarterback of the Week, Davey O’Brien Great 8 Performer and Manning Award Star of the Week after leading Duke to a victory at Clemson … semifinalist for the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award as well as a member of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Top 10 List … started all 14 games ... completed 334-of-500 (.668) passes for 3,973 yards with 34 TDs and six INTs while rushing 58 times for minus-22 yards (-0.38) and a touchdown ... recorded a pass efficiency rating of 153.6 ... compiled 3,941 total offensive yards ... averaged 283.79 passing yards and 281.50 total yards per game ... posted a point responsibility total of 216 ... had TD responsibility of 35 ... completed 20+ passes in 11 games including a season-high 32 versus Georgia Tech ... finished with a completion percentage of .600 or better in 11 contests including a season-best .794 mark (27-of-34) against Elon ... also topped the .750 standard at Syracuse (.786; 22-of-28) and against Virginia in the ACC Championship Game (.760; 19-of-25) ... threw for 200+ yards in 12 weeks ... had 300+ yards six times with a season-high 389 versus Elon ... tossed 3+ TD passes against Elon (3), Tulane (3), NC State (3), Clemson (4), Connecticut (3) and Arizona State (4) ... had 58 completions of 20+ yards and 11 of 40+ yards with a season-long 77-yard pass to WR Cooper Barkate at Clemson ... logged a rushing TDs versus Wake Forest ... carded a season-high 379 total offensive yards against Elon ... accounted for 3+ TDs against Elon (3 pass), Tulane (3 pass), NC State (3 pass), Clemson (4 pass), Connecticut (3 pass), Wake Forest (2 pass & 1 rush) and Arizona State (4 pass)... led the ACC in passing touchdowns, passing yards, passing yards per game, points responsible for and points responsible for per game (15.43) … also ranked among the league leaders in completions per game (2nd; 23.86), pass efficiency (2nd), total offense per game (3rd), completion percentage (5th), passing yards per completion (5th; 11.90) and passing yards per attempt (5th; 7.95) … nationally, ranked second in passing touchdowns and passing yards, seventh in completions per game and passing yards per game, eighth in points responsible for, 15th in points responsible for per game, 20th in pass efficiency, 24th in completion percentage and total offense per game and 35th in yards per pass attempt ... helped pave the way for the program’s first outright ACC Championship since 1962, a Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl victory, nine victories in consecutive years for the second time in Duke history and a sweep of in-state ACC opponents for the second year in a row … driver of an offensive unit that set the program record for total touchdowns scored (63), points scored (484) and pass efficiency (152.53) and became the first in school history to have a 3,000-yard passer, 1,000-yard receiver and 1,000-yard rusher … set Duke single-season highs for passing yards (3,973), pass completions (334), pass attempts (500), passing touchdowns (34), pass efficiency (153.59) and touchdown-to-interception ratio (5.67-1) … set or matched Blue Devil single-season standards for games with one or more touchdown passes (14), games with two or more touchdown passes (12), games with three or more touchdown passes (6), most consecutive games with two or more touchdown passes (14), completion-to-interception ratio (55.67-1), attempt-to-interception ratio (83.33-1), games with 20 or more pass attempts without an interception (8), games with 30 or more pass attempts without an interception (6), consecutive pass attempts without an interception (211), games with 100 or more passing yards (14), games with 200 or more passing yards (12) and wins by a starting quarterback (9) ... on Duke’s bowl game charts, holds the record for most pass attempts with 51 during the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl … tied the Duke bowl game records for most passing touchdown passes in a quarter (2/1st) and most passing touchdowns in a half (3/1st) … in addition, stands second in Duke bowl game history in most passing touchdowns in a game (4), tied for second in most touchdowns responsible for in a game (4), third in most passing attempts in a quarter (18/4th), most passing attempts in a half (26/2nd) and most total offensive plays in a game (55), tied for third in most completions in a quarter (11/2nd) and most completions in a game (29), fourth in most passing yards in a half (215/1st), most passing yards in a game (327), most attempts in a quarter (17/2nd) and most yards of total offense in a game (348), tied for fourth for most pass attempts in a half (25/1st), fifth in most yards per completion (11.28), sixth in most passing yards in a quarter (123/1st), tied for sixth in most touchdown passes in a quarter (1/2nd & 1/4th), seventh in highest pass efficiency rating (132.68) and most passing yards per attempt (6.41), tied for seventh in most touchdown passes in a half (1/2nd), tied for eighth in most completions in a quarter (9/4th) and ninth in highest completion percentage (.569) … owns the second longest pass in a bowl game in Duke history (69 yards) and the eighth longest rush (34 yards) … on the field for 887 snaps.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Two-year member of the football program at Tulane (2023-24) … in 13 games (13 starts) with the Green Wave, completed 189-of-287 (.659) passes for 2,723 yards with 22 TDs and six INTs ... rushed 60 times for 132 yards (2.20) and one score ... compiled 2,855 yards of total offense ... led all American Athletic Conference (AAC) starters in yards per attempt (9.49) and completion percentage ... turned in an EPA per dropback (expected points added on passes only) of 0.503, the third-highest mark nationally, trailing only Kurtis Rourke (Indiana) and Jaxson Dart (Ole Miss) ... threw for 100+ yards in 12 games, 200+ seven times and 300+ in three contests including a career-high 342 against Kansas State in 2024 … owned 2+ TD passes in eight tilts with three each against South Florida and North Texas in 2024 ... connected on a career-long 68-yard completion against Southeastern Louisiana in 2024 … registered 4+ rushing attempts in six games, including a career-best 10 against Army West Point in the 2024 AAC championship tilt … rushed for a personal-high 57 yards on eight carries, aided by a long run of 22 yards, at Navy in 2024 … notched lone rushing score against the Midshipmen ... one of just 10 Tulane QBs to reach 20+ passing TDs in a season … attended Saint Joseph High School and played for coach Pepe Villasenor … capped senior year as the 2022 Mountain League Player of the Year after posting 2,256 passing yards with 25 TDs ... added eight rushing scores and helped the team to a 10-2 record in 2022 with a 7-0 Mountain League mark ... also played basketball at Saint Joseph.
PERSONAL: Son of Naomi Brebes-Mensah … twin sister, Grace, is a two-year letterwinner (2023-24) for the Oregon soccer program.
Manny Diaz, Darian Mensah and Que'Sean Brown: Postgame Press Conference
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Game Trailer: Arizona State
Wednesday, December 31
Coach Diaz Press Conference: Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
Tuesday, December 30
Coach Brewer and Coach Patke Press Conference: Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
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