Fernando Mendoza

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Las Vegas Raiders with the first overall pick of the 2026 NFL Draft, April 23, 2026.

COLLEGE: Played in 36 games (35 starts) over four collegiate seasons, playing three seasons at Cal (2022-34) before transferring to Indiana (2025) for his final season, totaling 8,247 passing yards, 71 passing touchdowns and 22 interceptions as well as 473 rushing yards and 11 rushing touchdowns over his college career…Junior (2025): As a junior in 2025, led Indiana to a perfect 16-0 season and a CFP National Championship, finishing the season completing 273-of-379 passes (72.0%) for 3,535 yards, 41 touchdowns and six interceptions as well as 90 rushes for 276 yards and seven rushing touchdowns…Led the FBS in 2025 in passing touchdowns (41), passing efficiency (182.9) and points responsible for (288), and set single-season school record with a 72.0% completion percentage (3rd in FBS)…His 48 total touchdowns accounted for also led the FBS…Became the first player in Indiana football history to win the Heisman trophy and also won the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award, Associated Press Player of the Year and Davey O'Brien Award…Also named first-team All-America from the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of American and Walter Camp Football Foundation…Became the only FBS quarterback since at least 1996 to recorded multiple games of at least 90.0% completion percentage and four touchdown passes against power four opponents. Also became the only quarterback in the FBS in 2025 with six games of 4+ passing touchdowns and zero interceptions…Led the FBS in highest percentage of passing attempts that result in a touchdown at 10.8%, over two points higher than the next closest passer (Julian Sayin, Ohio State; 8.7%)…Third Big Ten quarterback since 2000 with three-straight games of at least four passing touchdowns and zero interceptions - C.J. Stroud (Ohio State; 2021) and Kyle Orton (Purdue; 2004, four straight)…Made Indiana debut vs. Old Dominion and produced 226 yards of total offense, completing 18-of-31 passes for 193 passing yards and rushed six times for 33 yards and one touchdown…Completed 18-of-25 passes for 245 yards and four touchdowns vs. Kennesaw State, while adding three runs for 20 yards…Completed first 14 passes of the game vs. Indiana State on the way to IU's single-game completion percentage record (95.0%) on 19-of-20 passing for 270 yards and five touchdowns along with six rushes for 19 yards and one touchdown – his six touchdowns accounted for tied a school record…Connected on 21-of-23 (91.0%) passes for 267 yards and five touchdowns vs. Illinois, establishing the fourth-highest single-game completion percentage in school history…Threw for 233 yards on 13-of-23 passing with two touchdowns at Iowa…Threw for 215 yards on 20-of-31 passing and one touchdown pass at Oregon, while adding six runs for 31 yards…Completed 24-of-28 passes for 332 yards and four touchdowns vs. Michigan State…Totaled 213 yards of total offense vs. UCLA, passing for 168 yards on 15-of-22 passing with three touchdowns and one interception and rushing for 45 yards on five carries with one touchdown…Logged 225 yards of total offense with two total touchdowns (one passing and one rushing) at Maryland…Threw for 218 yards on 19-of-30 passing with one touchdown and one interception, while rushing for 20 yards and one touchdown on six carries, including a game-winning touchdown pass at Penn State…Completed 22-of-24 passes for a (91.7%) completion percentage vs. Wisconsin – the third-highest single game mark in Indiana history – and also added four touchdown passes to set the single-season Indiana record at 30 touchdown passes…Accounted for three touchdowns (two passing and one rushing) at Purdue - his fifth game with a rushing and passing score on the season…Completed 15-of-23 (65.2%) passes for 222 yards and one touchdown in the Big Ten Championship win over Ohio State, earning Grange-Griffin Big Ten Championship Game MVP…Completed a Rose Bowl Game-record 87.5% of his passes for 192 yards and three touchdowns, while also setting a Rose Bowl record for passer rating (250.17) in the win over Alabama…Completed 17-of-20 passes for 177 yards and five touchdowns, and added 28 rushing yards on six attempts in the Peach Bowl win over Oregon (1/9/26)…Completed 16-of-27 passes for 186 yards and ran eight times with one rushing score to seal the CFP National Championship victory over Miami….Sophomore (2024): Started the first 11 games of the season and completed 265-of-386 (68.7%) passes for 3,004 yards, 16 touchdowns and six interceptions, while adding 87 carries for 105 yards and two rushing touchdowns, finishing in the top-10 on Cal's single-season passing charts in total offense yards (No. 7; 3,109 yards), passing efficiency (No. 8; 144.59) and yards passing (No. 9; 3,004 yards), also earning ACC Quarterback of the Week three times…Redshirt Freshman (2023): Appeared in nine games, starting in the final eight games of the season and completed 153-of-243 (63.0%) passes for 1,708 yards, 14 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, along with 48 runs for 92 yards and two touchdowns, earning Pac-12 Offensive Freshman of the Year honorable mention by the conference coaches…Freshman (2022): Did not appear in a game and redshirted his true freshman season at Cal.

PERSONAL: Spent freshman year at Belen Jesuit High School before transferring to Christopher Columbus High School in Miami, Fla., for his final three years…High school career totals included 224-of-332 (67.5%) passing for 2,222 yards and 29 touchdowns…Completed 107-of-169 passes (63.3%) for 1,109 yards with 11 touchdowns as a senior…As a junior, threw for 1,086 yards on 91-of-129 passing and 13 touchdowns, earning first team All-Dade County honors…Also lettered in tennis.