Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Indiana
Fernando Mendoza
QB • 6'5" • 225 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Balanced quarterback profileEfficient finisher
Fernando Mendoza is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
68
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
85
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- California • Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Fernando Mendoza built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a quarterback from Miami, FL wearing No. 15, spending time with California and Indiana. The clearest part of Fernando Mendoza's career was his...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 1
- Overall
- No. 1
- NFL Team
- Las Vegas Raiders
Fernando Mendoza, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Indiana. Fernando Mendoza is a balanced quarterback profile with 14.3 usage in the latest tracked season.
Quick Answers
Fernando Mendoza quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 8,714
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Indiana
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Columbus · California
- High school pipeline
- Columbus · 54 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 1 · Pick 1 · Las Vegas Raiders
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Junior
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 3,811 total offense · QB 12th (top 3%) · Big Ten 2nd (top 1%) · National 12th (top 1%)
Fernando Mendoza played QB for California and Indiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Fernando Mendoza recorded 8,247 passing yards, 467 rushing yards, and 15 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Indiana.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachesfirst
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediafirst
- 20252025 Consensus All-America · ncaa_consensusconsensus
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