Darian Mensah
Transferred from DUKE · Projected QB starter
3,973 2025 pass yards
34-6 2025 TD-INT
153.6 Passer rating
27 Career games (27 starts)
Heisman odds (#3 board)
Career
2025 Percentile vs QBs
Pass yards per game 283.8 97
Completion rate 66.8% 81
Yards per attempt 7.9 74
TD rate 6.8% 82
INT rate 1.2% 82
Passer rating 153.6 83
Around Darian
Projected 2026 starters · 2025 productionThe situation
Miami (FL) 2025 offense ›Explosive play rate 11.8% 65
Red zone TD rate 75.0% 77
Line yards per carry 2.9 85
Sack rate allowed 3.8% 90
2025 Game log
with Duke| Wk | Opponent | Cmp-Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sk taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W1 | Elon Phoenix | 27-34 | 389 | 3 | 2 | |
| W2 | ILL | 23-34 | 334 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| W3 | @ TULN | 30-51 | 313 | 3 | 1 | |
| W4 | NCST | 19-28 | 269 | 3 | 3 | |
| W5 | @ SYR | 22-28 | 268 | 2 | 3 | |
| W6 | @ CAL | 22-30 | 265 | 2 | 2 | |
| W8 | GT | 32-44 | 373 | 2 | 2 | |
| W10 | @ CLEM | 27-41 | 361 | 4 | 2 | |
| W11 | @ CONN | 22-31 | 222 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| W12 | UVA | 18-35 | 213 | 1 | 4 | |
| W13 | @ UNC | 20-33 | 175 | 1 | ||
| W14 | WAKE | 24-35 | 268 | 2 | 2 | |
| W15 | @ UVA | 19-25 | 196 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| W19 | ASU | 29-51 | 327 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Recruiting
2023 class · 247 compositeTwo-star high school recruit
The 2023 board
#2670 Austin Gonzalez QB · Lovejoy USM
#2671 Andrew Page IOL · Noblesville KENT
#2672
Darian Mensah QB · St. Joseph TULN
Darian Mensah QB · St. Joseph TULN#2672 Kade Millard LB · Foothill SJSU
QBs in the class
#141 Austin Gonzalez Lovejoy USM
#142
Darian Mensah St. Joseph TULN
Darian Mensah St. Joseph TULN#143 Davin Garinger Clarksville
#144 Gabe Downing Olympia
2025 · 97th pctile of QBs Recruit · 10th pctile of class
Playing well above the recruiting profile.
Miami (FL)
Duke
Tulane
ILL
NCST
@ SYR
@ CAL
GT
@ CLEM
@ CONN
UVA
@ UNC
WAKE
ASU