
MIAMI — In a Dec. 19 Instagram post announcing his intention to remain at Duke for the 2026 football season, quarterback Darian Mensah declared, “This team, this locker room, this family welcomed me with open arms ... When the odds were against us, we kept fighting. I wouldn’t trade any of it for the world.”
Four weeks later, barely beating the deadline to enter the transfer portal, Mensah traded it. He’s walking out on the second season of a two-year contract.