Fernando Mendoza
- ERIC CRAWFORD
- Updated
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza celebrates the Hoosiers' Peach Bowl victory over Oregon.
ERIC CRAWFORDAs featured on
On the biggest stage of his life, Fernando Mendoza sounded less like a Heisman-winning quarterback and more like a philosophy professor on loan from Bloomington’s lecture halls.
When the Las Vegas Raiders made him the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday night, the most anticipated moment of his football life played out not on the league's stage, but in a crowded home in Miami, surrounded by family, friends and the people he says "poured into" his journey.
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