Overview
- Mendoza captured 643 first-place votes and 2,362 points, with Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia second (189 first-place votes, 1,435 points), followed by Jeremiyah Love and Julian Sayin.
- Indiana enters the College Football Playoff as the No. 1 seed and will play the Rose Bowl quarterfinal on Jan. 1 against the winner of No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Alabama.
- The Cal transfer completed 71.5% of his passes for 2,980 yards with a national-best 33 passing touchdowns and six interceptions, adding 240 rushing yards and six rushing scores.
- The Heisman capped an awards sweep that included AP Player of the Year, the Maxwell Award and the Davey O’Brien Award.
- Mendoza’s profile has surged commercially with an Adidas partnership and a “Mendoza Mania” merch line that donates proceeds to the National MS Society, with his NIL valuation estimated at about $2.6 million.