Duke quarterback Darian Mensah is returning to New Orleans to face his former team, Tulane.

The quarterback has found Durham to be a "perfect place" and was named a team captain for the 2025 season.

Mensah signed a reported $8 million NIL deal upon transferring to Duke.

The last time Duke football quarterback Darian Mensah was in New Orleans was for Mardi Gras this past March.

Six months later, the former Tulane quarterback is back in New Orleans, not for beads or parades, but to face his former team for the first time since transferring to Duke in December 2024 .

Mensah spent the 2023 and 2024 seasons in New Orleans after committing to the Green Wave – the first program to offer him and the lone Bowl Subdivision school to do so – out of St. Joseph High School in Santa Maria, Ca

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