Hurricanes fans will love Colin Cowherd’s opinion of Darian Mensa

Following Miami’s huge victory over Stanford, Colin Cowherd was raving about Hurricanes quarterback Darian Mensah. Cowherd posted a video on his The Volume social media accounts raving about Mensah and even putting him ahead of quarterbacks such as CJ Carr, Dante Moore, and Arch Manning.

“I can’t believe there is a better college QB than Darian Mensah”@colincowherd praises the Miami QB pic.twitter.com/Blz1O6ZXhd

— The Volume (@TheVolumeSports) September 5, 2026

“I can’t believe there’s a better college quarterback than Darian Mensah. You can tell me what you want about C.J. Carr, Arch Manning, Lenoir Sellers, Dante Moore. Mensah’s about as good a college quarterback as you’re gonna get. By the way, here’s what I love. Plays high school football in an area that doesn’t get a lot of pub, then he goes to Tulane, doesn’t get a lot of pub, and then smart enough kid gets into Duke, doesn’t get a lot of pub. Now he’s at Miami, now there’s gonna be some pressure. He’s playing with much better players. I like the journey, and man, he can spin it.”

Mensa was red hot on Friday evening versus Stanford. He threw for 401 yards and five touchdowns with no interceptions on 27 of 30 passes for 90% completion. His performance drew a lot of attention to his level of play, which Cowherd contends has been high level for years.

He started his career at Tulane, where he finished the 2024 season throwing for 2,723 yards and 22 touchdowns with only 6 interceptions. He then transferred to Duke to play under Manny Diaz, where he increased his output, throwing for 3,973 yards and 34 touchdowns with only 6 interceptions. Now he’s transferred to the national championship runner-up in hopes of increasing their chances of returning to the big dance this season.

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