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Fernando Mendoza, the mercurial backmost of No. 1 Indiana, won the Heisman Trophy connected Saturday night, becoming the archetypal Hoosier to triumph assemblage football's astir prestigious grant since its inception successful 1935.
Mendoza claimed 2,362 archetypal spot votes. He bushed Vanderbilt backmost Diego Pavia (1,435 votes), Notre Dame moving backmost Jeremiyah Love (719 votes) and Ohio State backmost Julian Sayin (432 votes).
Mendoza guided the Hoosiers to their archetypal No. 1 ranking and the apical effect successful the 12-team College Football bracket, throwing for 2,980 yards and a national-best 33 touchdown passes portion besides moving for six scores. Indiana, the past unbeaten squad successful large assemblage football, volition play a College Football Playoff quarterfinal crippled successful the Rose Bowl connected Jan. 1.
Indiana backmost Fernando Mendoza warms up earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025, successful Iowa City, Iowa.
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Mendoza, the Hoosiers' first-year starter aft transferring from California, is the triggerman for an discourtesy that surpassed programme records for touchdowns and points acceptable during past season's astonishment tally to the CFP.
A redshirt junior, the erstwhile lightly recruited Miami autochthonal is the 2nd Heisman finalist successful schoolhouse history, joining 1989 runner-up Anthony Thompson. Mendoza is the seventh Indiana subordinate to gain a top-10 decorativeness successful Heisman balloting and it marks different archetypal successful programme past - having back-to-back players successful the apical 10. Hoosiers backmost Kurtis Rourke was ninth past year.
Quarterbacks person won the Heisman 4 of the past 5 years, with two-way subordinate Travis Hunter of Colorado ending the tally past season.
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