Duke and quarterback Darian Mensah reach deal for him to transfer out of Durham David K. LiJanuary 28, 2026 at 4:37 AM 0 Darian Mensah of the Duke Blue Devils during the 2025 ACC Football Championship against the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlotte, N.C. (David Jensen / Getty Images) (David Jensen) Duke University and star quarterback Darian Mensah reached an outofcourt settlement that will allow the highly soughtafter signal caller to leave Durham, representatives for the players and school said Tuesday.
- - Duke and quarterback Darian Mensah reach deal for him to transfer out of Durham
David K. LiJanuary 28, 2026 at 4:37 AM
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Darian Mensah of the Duke Blue Devils during the 2025 ACC Football Championship against the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlotte, N.C. (David Jensen / Getty Images) (David Jensen)
Duke University and star quarterback Darian Mensah reached an out-of-court settlement that will allow the highly sought-after signal caller to leave Durham, representatives for the players and school said Tuesday.
The ACC school had filed a lawsuit and gained a temporary restraining order that temporarily blocked Mensah's plans to leave Duke and play for another team this fall.
Duke had alleged that Mensah violated the terms of the two-season name, image and likeness contract he signed in 2025. Another hearing in the matter had been scheduled for Thursday.
It's been widely reported that Mensah is headed to national runner-up and ACC rival Miami.
"Through close collaboration and principled negotiation, we have successfully navigated an unprecedented path, one that has now reached a fair and mutually agreeable resolution," the quarterback's reps at Young Money APAA Sports said in a statement.
Duke said in a statement that confirmed the agreement that it remained committed to its student-athletes, "and we expect the same in return."
"Enforcing those agreements is a necessary element of ensuring predictability and structure for athletic programs. It is nonetheless a difficult choice to pursue legal action against a student and teammate; for this reason, we sought to resolve the matter fairly and quickly."
Mensah was named second-team all-ACC as he led Duke to its first outright conference football title since 1962.
He stunned the school earlier this month when he announced his desire to transfer. The school had announced Dec. 20 that Mensah was staying for at least another football season.
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Published: January 28, 2026 at 01:27AM on Source: RED MAG
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