Duke football coach Manny Diaz discusses Blue Devils’ spring practices
Following the completion of Duke football’s spring schedule, head coach Manny Diaz discussed the Blue Devils’ progress ahead of the 2025 season.
Mensah performed well in Duke’s spring game and is confident in the team’s potential for success in the 2025 season.The Tulane transfer wanted a chance to “compete in a conference like the ACC”One of Duke’s best defenders highlighted Mensah’s “competitiveness” as a top trait.
DURHAM — Cameron Indoor Stadium provided Darian Mensah with his welcome-to-Duke moment.
Mensah, a Tulane transfer and one of the top quarterbacks in the portal, visited Durham on Dec. 10. After sitting with the Cameron Crazies and watching Duke basketball’s blowout win against Incarnate Word, Mensah committed to Manny Diaz and Duke football on Dec. 11.
“(Cameron Indoor Stadium) lives up to the hype,” Mensah said after starring in the Blue Devils’ spring game on April 19.
“Cooper Flagg, this year, was a stud. As soon as I came on my visit, I knew this was home. Just being in there, it’s electric.”
Like Flagg, Mensah hopes to bring similar levels of excitement to Durham. And like Flagg, Mensah will reportedly be among the highest-paid players in college sports. The 6-foot-3 redshirt sophomore has an NIL valuation of $2.8 million, according to On3.
According to On3’s NIL valuation rankings, Mensah is 11th among college football players and No. 3 among ACC quarterbacks behind Miami’s Carson Beck and Clemson’s Cade Klubnik.
Mensah will be center stage as he tries to help Diaz and the Blue…
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