{"id":6215,"date":"2026-07-17T05:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2026-07-17T05:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:34:11","slug":"mensahs-departure-from-duke-leaves-devils-with-hole-at-quarterback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6215","title":{"rendered":"Mensah\u2019s departure from Duke leaves Devils with hole at quarterback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 Miami quarterback Darian Mensah signs autographs at ACC Kickoff in Charlotte. Six months ago, Mensah sent shockwaves throughout college football when he abruptly decided to depart Duke for Miami. His timing couldn\u2019t have been worse for the Blue Devils.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6213\">Major League Soccer\u2019s NYCFC says it wants to sign Christian Pulisic but AC Milan not interested<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, it was a tough sequence of events,\u201d said Mensah. \u201cMy teammates and I were discussing the NFL and we really didn\u2019t pivot off that until later in the transfer portal cycle, so it was just kind of a timing thing that was kind of messed up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Was it ever. Mensah left Duke in a bind when he hit the transfer portal at the very last minute. What made matters worse is just a month earlier he posted on Instagram that he would return to Durham. Duke sued for breech of contract, but the two sides eventually settled. Still, the messy departure hangs like a cloud over the talented quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot more on my plate than to look at the opinions of others, so I\u2019m not really focused on any of that,\u201d said Mensah.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6211\">English media and former players criticize Thomas Tuchel after team\u2019s latest World Cup letdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mensah says his focus is on winning, and he certainly has a great chance to do that at Miami, a school that played for a national championship last season. Through the years, the Hurricanes have been known for their offensive production. Mensah is the perfect quarterback to continue that tradition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously seeing what the last two quarterbacks did at Miami was a huge factor, and seeing the type of roster Miami has, obviously I want to compete for a national championship, and I have a lot of personal goals for myself and I think Miami was the spot to do that,\u201d said Mensah.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6209\">Silver says Caitlin Clark has become a \u2018political football\u2019 amid WNBA officiating debates<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The road to get there, though, left plenty of collateral damage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like I\u2019m at home here at Miami and couldn\u2019t ask for more,\u201d said Mensah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 Miami quarterback Darian Mensah signs autographs at ACC Kickoff in Charlotte. Six months ago, Mensah sent shockwaves throughout college football when he abruptly decided to depart Duke for Miami. His timing couldn\u2019t have been worse for the Blue Devils. \u201cYeah, it was a tough sequence of events,\u201d said Mensah. \u201cMy teammates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mensah\u2019s departure from Duke leaves Devils with hole at quarterback - Raleigh Moving News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=6215\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mensah\u2019s departure from Duke leaves Devils with hole at quarterback - Raleigh Moving News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CHARLOTTE, N.C. 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