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, California. He redshirted his freshman season before throwing for 2,732 yards and 22 touchdowns in 2024 to lead the Green Wave to the American Athletic championship game, where they fell to Army.

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