Duke football: Grading QB Darian Mensah's performance against NC State

NC State v Duke | David Jensen/GettyImagesThe Duke football program earned a massive bounce-back victory over NC State, improving to 2-2 on the season following two straight losses. The Blue Devils now begin ACC play 1-0, and although any College Football Playoff hope for the program is now out the window, bringing the first ACC Championship to Durham since 1989 is still in the cards. Especially with how disappointing Clemson has been, the Blue Devils are very much in the mix with one of the easier conference slates of any program in the ACC. Heading into the 2025 campaign, Duke was only scheduled to face two squads ranked in the top seven of the ACC Preseason Media Poll: vs. Georgia Tech and at Clemson. Now that Clemson looks vulnerable, the Blue Devils must take advantage. Quarterback Darian Mensah put up one of his better showings of the season against Wolfpack, leading the charge en route to a 45-33 win.

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