Despite earning All-Dade County honors as a junior, Mendoza had a hard time getting power-conference programs to give him a legitimate look.

In an essay she penned for the Players Tribune in December, titled "Dear Fernando," Fernando Mendoza's mother Elsa Mendoza shared that she became pregnant with him at age 25, after moving from Miami to Boston following graduate school.

Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza led his team to become College Football Playoff National Champions in their win against the Miami Hurricanes on Monday night. Mendoza is a Heisman Trophy winner and is projected to be the number one draft pick in the NFL. But athletics isn’t the only field in which he excels.

Fernando Mendoza was playing a few miles from the home he grew up. Fans at his high school offered their thoughts on the Heisman Trophy winner.

Fernando Mendoza just won Indiana its first national football college championship. A certain Patriots player inspired him.

Fernando Mendoza and the Indiana Hoosiers completed their dream college football season by winning the national championship with a 27-21 victory over Miami in the CFP title game on Monday. A couple of people who have been by the Indiana quarterback’s side throughout his entire journey are his parents,

Fernando Mendoza, who grew up in Miami, wasn't even offered a walk-on spot with the Hurricanes coming out of high school.