"NEW YORK -- Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, who guided the Hoosiers to their first No. 1 ranking and the top seed in the 12-team College Football bracket after throwing for 2,980 yards and a national-best 33 touchdown passes, won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night. In final voting, Mendoza outdistanced Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia, Ohio State's Julian Sayin, and Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love, and will now turn his focus to the CFP, in which the Hoosiers have a first-round bye. He is Indiana's first Heisman winner in school history."
"The award presentation Saturday night came after a number of accolades awarded already. Mendoza was named The Associated Press player of the year earlier this week and picked up the Maxwell and Davey O'Brien awards Friday night while Love won the Doak Walker Award. A redshirt junior, Mendoza, the once lightly recruited Miami native is the second Heisman finalist in school history, joining 1989 runner-up Anthony Thompson."
Fernando Mendoza threw for 2,980 yards and a national-best 33 touchdown passes and won the Heisman Trophy. Mendoza outdistanced Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia, Ohio State’s Julian Sayin and Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love and now turns focus to the College Football Playoff, where Indiana has a first-round bye. Mendoza earned the Associated Press player of the year, Maxwell and Davey O’Brien awards; Love won the Doak Walker Award. A redshirt junior and former Cal player from Miami, Mendoza is Indiana’s first Heisman winner and the program’s second Heisman finalist.
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