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Heading into the 2024 college football season, the Tulane Green Wave surprised a lot of people when they announced Darian Mensah would be their starting quarterback.<\/p>\n
Despite having veteran Kai Horton and former five-star high school prospect Ty Thompson on the roster, it was the redshirt freshman who won the job during the spring and summer practices.<\/p>\n
It ended up being the right decision, with Mensah having a breakout performance.<\/p>\n
He played so well that he entered the transfer portal<\/a> and landed with the Duke Blue Devils<\/a>. In the process, he received what made him unofficially the highest-paid college football player<\/a> in the country with a lucrative NIL deal.<\/p>\n Just like last year, the Green Wave are entering the 2025 campaign with question marks surrounding the most important position on the field.<\/p>\n The team\u2019s quarterback depth chart is unsettled, with head coach Jon Sumrall and his staff having their work cut out for them to figure things out.<\/p>\n As things stand right now, there isn\u2019t much confidence in the group that has been put together.<\/p>\n Over at ESPN<\/a>, rankings were put together by David Hale that placed all 136 FBS quarterback situations into tiers.<\/p>\n Tulane is in the bottom half of the country, being placed in Tier 15b, which was titled, \u201cWe used to be somebody: established starter edition.\u201d<\/p>\n The Green Wave are 85th on the list with Kadin Semonza, a transfer from the Ball State Cardinals<\/a>, and Brendan Sullivan, a transfer from the Iowa Hawkeyes<\/a>, being listed as the competitors for the starting job.<\/p>\n Veteran T.J. Finley was with the program at one point but is no longer at Tulane. He would have brought a wealth of experience to a depth chart that has nothing settled at the moment.<\/p>\n Will Sumrall be able to replicate the magic he had with Mensah in 2024?<\/p>\n He and the fans are certainly hoping so, especially with so much offensive production needing to be replaced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n