Former Tulane Green Wave quarterback Darian Mensah was unofficially made the highest paid college football player by the Duke Blue Devils.

NIL has changed the game in college sports, and that was on display this week as quarterback Darian Mensah became the highest-paid college football player after transferring to Duke earlier this month.

Duke football program will reportedly give former Tulane QB Darian Mensah an $8 million NIL deal to commit to them from the transfer portal

A three-star high school prospect two years ago out of California, Darian Mensah hit the transfer portal with an eye-popping asking price that perhaps best illustrated what name, image and likeness has turned into within college football.

After transferring from Tulane to Duke, Mensah may (unofficially) be making record NIL money for a college football player.

The Duke Blue Devils found their quarterback of the future almost immediately in the transfer portal this offseason, getting Tulane's Darian Mensah to visit just one day after 2024 starter Maalik Murphy announced he'd hit the portal.