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Fernando Mendoza connected CFP win, NFL prep, however Tom Brady influenced his crippled | FULL INTERVIEW | The Herd
Indiana QB and No. 1 projected prime Fernando Mendoza joins Colin Cowherd to discussing the Hoosiers winning the National Championship and however helium prepped for Miami's pugnacious defense. He breaks down however his crippled has developed from his Cal days and what led him to articulation Curt Cignetti's program. Mendoza besides shares the QBs whose crippled helium tries to larn from and however helium is prepping for the NFL via Tom Brady.
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Fernando Mendoza, the 2025 Heisman Trophy victor and projected No. 1 wide pick, is poised to statesman his NFL vocation nether the mentorship of 1 of the top quarterbacks of each time.
Mendoza, who led Indiana to a nationalist title during an undefeated 16–0 season, revealed this week that helium spoke with Tom Brady during his authoritative sojourn with the Las Vegas Raiders, who ain the apical prime successful this year’s draft.
Indiana Hoosiers backmost Fernando Mendoza celebrates aft defeating the Miami Hurricanes successful the College Football Playoff National Championship crippled astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, Fla., connected Jan. 19, 2026. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
Appearing connected the "Dan Patrick Show" Wednesday, Mendoza revealed the proposal Brady, a number proprietor of the Raiders, shared with him during their meeting.
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"It was fantastic. He gave maine the connection that he's going to propulsion me, and he's not going to beryllium each lovey-dovey, and that if the Raiders draught me, he's going to beryllium a mentor and wants to determination into immoderate backmost the Raiders person – whether it's me, whether they draught idiosyncratic else."
Mendoza added that the offseason summation of seasoned backmost Kirk Cousins presents different learning accidental for the young signal-caller.
Tom Brady attends Super Bowl LX betwixt the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots astatine Levi's Stadium connected Feb. 8, 2026. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)
PROJECTED TOP PICK FERNANDO MENDOZA REVEALS WHY HE’S SKIPPING NFL DRAFT
"Well, if I’m fortunate capable to spell to the Raiders, I deliberation it’ll beryllium a large accidental to larn from idiosyncratic who’s had truthful overmuch occurrence passim the years, and who I think, has a precise akin playing benignant arsenic me."
Mendoza volition apt not instrumentality starting reps successful Las Vegas – Brady and wide manager John Spytek person said galore times that they judge successful not playing a young backmost close away.
Indiana backmost Fernando Mendoza passes against Miami during the archetypal fractional of the College Football Playoff nationalist title crippled successful Miami Gardens, Fla., connected Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
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The Miami autochthonal volition not beryllium successful Pittsburgh to locomotion crossed the signifier and beryllium welcomed into the NFL by Commissioner Roger Goodell connected Thursday night. He volition alternatively beryllium location with his family, citing his mother’s aggregate sclerosis diagnosis.
Fox News Digital’s Ryan Canfield contributed to this report.
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