NEW ORLEANS — Tulane football's redshirt freshman quarterback Darian Mensah was named as one of the "Stars of the Week" by the Manning Award on Monday. The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, names eight quarterbacks weekly as its Stars of the Week. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates' bowl performances in its ballot. Since the Manning Award started to recognize Stars of the Week in 2011, 538 different quarterbacks from 133 schools have been recognized. This week's eight Manning Stars of the Week are: Avery Johnson (Kansas State), Mensah, Jalen Milroe (Alabama), Chandler Morris (North Texas), Cam Ward (Miami), Hunter Watson (Sam Houston), Hajj-Malik Williams (UNLV) and Ben Woolridge (Louisiana). Mensah is the first Tulane quarterback named as one of the Stars of the Week since Michael Pratt on Sept. 5, 2023.