Player Dossier

2023-2025

Duke

Darian Mensah

QB • 6'3" • 205 lbs • San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Darian Mensah is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

50

Solid production for a quarterback

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Reliability

53

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

53

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Tulane • Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Player Story

Darian Mensah built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from San Luis Obispo, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with Duke and Tulane. The clearest part of Darian Mensah's career was his passing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.7933

St. Joseph · San Luis Obispo, CA

Committed To
Tulane
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Darian Mensah, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke. Darian Mensah is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.1 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
6,796
Passing yards
6,696
Rushing yards
100
Touchdowns
58

Quick Answers

Darian Mensah quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · QB
Career Total Offense
6,796
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 27 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Duke
Top game
Memphis
Recruit profile
2-star · St. Joseph · Tulane
High school pipeline
St. Joseph · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Sophomore
2025 Total offense rank
3,941 total offense · QB 7th (top 2%) · ACC 1st (top 1%) · National 7th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonTulane00000-
2024 Regular SeasonTulane132,8552,7231322360.5
2025 PostseasonDuke1434832721468.2
2025 Regular SeasonDuke143,5933,646-533168.2

Related Context

Darian Mensah played QB for Tulane and Duke. Across 3 tracked seasons, Darian Mensah recorded 6,696 passing yards, 100 rushing yards, and -11 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Duke paired 3,941 primary output with 60.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 66.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tulane, Duke.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Loss with 325 yards of offense and 61.9 efficiency. It landed in the 84.6th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Tulane

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

219.6

Efficiency

66.7

Usage

13

Consistency

74

Best Game by takeover score

Memphis

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SE Louisiana: 219. Kansas State: 333. Oklahoma: 159. Louisiana: 100. South Florida: 343. UAB: 142. Rice: 141. North Texas: 172. Charlotte: 209. Temple: 267. Navy: 195. Memphis: 325. Army: 250

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SE Louisiana: 14 by 88.3. Kansas State: 37 by 62.5. Oklahoma: 38 by 43.6. Louisiana: 20 by 65.5. South Florida: 24 by 91.7. UAB: 18 by 70.3. Rice: 30 by 49.7. North Texas: 15 by 61.5. Charlotte: 32 by 58.5. Temple: 24 by 66.1. Navy: 22 by 81.2. Memphis: 38 by 61.9. Army: 35 by 65.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins198.7 · Games = 9 · -68.1 vs Losses
Losses266.8 · Games = 4 · +68.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Memphis

Best efficiency game

91.7 vs South Florida

Result
Sat 12/7@ ArmyL 14-35172520968.02165.710414.10013
Fri 11/29vs Memphis300-yard gameL 24-34213331763.62161.9581.60013
Sat 11/16@ Navy3+ TD · Dual-threatW 35-0101413871.42081.28577.10122
Sat 11/9vs TempleW 52-6142126266.72166.1351.7003
Thu 10/31@ CharlotteW 34-3212921472.40058.53-5-1.7002
Sat 10/26@ North Texas3+ TDW 45-37101317576.93161.52-3-1.5001
Sat 10/19vs RiceW 24-10122515248.01049.75-11-2.20021
Sat 10/5@ UABW 71-20121513480.01070.3382.7008
Sat 9/28vs South Florida300-yard game · 3+ TDW 45-10182232681.83091.72178.50010
Sat 9/21@ LouisianaW 41-3311178364.71065.53175.70011
Sat 9/14@ OklahomaL 19-34143216643.81143.66-7-1.2006
Sat 9/7vs Kansas State300-yard gameL 27-34192934265.52162.58-9-1.10015
Fri 8/30vs SE LouisianaW 52-0101220583.32088.3214709

Player Story

Darian Mensah story

Darian Mensah built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from San Luis Obispo, CA wearing No. 10, spending time with Duke and Tulane. The clearest part of Darian Mensah's career was his passing role: 6,696 passing yards, 56 touchdown passes, 787 attempts, and 100 rushing yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 100 rushing yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke and Tulane.

The arc is straightforward: Darian Mensah moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tulane

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Duke

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonTulane0
2024 Regular SeasonTulane2,85566.7132,855
2025 PostseasonDuke3,94160.614.11,086
2025 Regular SeasonDuke3,94160.614.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Memphis

Week 14 · L 24-34 · Conference game

Loss with 325 yards of offense and 61.9 efficiency.

325

Total Offense

72.8 takeover

325 total offense with 61.9 efficiency.

#2

@ Army

Week 15 · L 14-35 · Conference game

250

Total Offense

71.8 takeover

Loss with 250 yards of offense and 65.7 efficiency.

250 total offense with 65.7 efficiency.

#3

vs No. 24 Illinois

Week 2 · L 19-45 · Ranked opponent

336

Total Offense

71.3 takeover

Loss with 336 yards of offense and 60.2 efficiency.

336 total offense with 60.2 efficiency.

#4

vs Kansas State

Week 2 · L 27-34

333

Total Offense

69.2 takeover

Loss with 333 yards of offense and 62.5 efficiency.

333 total offense with 62.5 efficiency.

#5

vs Elon

Week 1 · W 45-17

379

Total Offense

68.1 takeover

Win with 379 yards of offense and 68.7 efficiency.

379 total offense with 68.7 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Duke

3,941 primary output · 60.6 efficiency · 14.1 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Duke

68.2

3,941 primary · 60.6 efficiency · 14.1 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Tulane

60.5

2,855 primary · 66.7 efficiency · 13 usage

Milestones

14

250+ passing yards

9

300+ total offense

10

3+ TD games

18

Above avg efficiency