US EditionIndiana star Fernando Mendoza wins 2025 Heisman Trophy
Mendoza led Indiana to a perfect regular season, Big Ten title and College Football Playoff top seed, also winning three major national awards and two Big Ten honors.
- Fernando Mendoza of Indiana won the Heisman Trophy, the most prestigious award in college football.
- Mendoza led the undefeated Indiana Hoosiers to the top seed in the College Football Playoff.
- Other Heisman finalists included Commodore Pavia of Vanderbilt, Sayin of Ohio State, and Love of Notre Dame.
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Boston HeraldBy EVERETT MERRILL NEW YORK (AP) — Indiana's versatile quarterback Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy Saturday night, becoming the first Hoosier to win college football's most prestigious award since its inception in 1935. Mendoza garnered 2,362 first-place votes. He edged out Vanderbilt's Mexican QB Diego Pavia (1,435 votes), Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love (719 votes), and Ohio State QB Julian Sayin (432 votes). Mendoza led the Hoo…
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Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza added another highlight to the Hoosiers’ special 2025 season when he became the program’s first Heisman Trophy winner tonight in New York.
Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza wins program’s first Heisman Trophy
Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza added another highlight to the Hoosiers’ special 2025 season when he became the program’s first Heisman Trophy winner Saturday night in New York. Mendoza, a three-star prospect out of Miami, Fla., in the 2022 recruiting class who transferred from Cal to Indiana after the 2024 season, beat out his fellow finalists — Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love and Ohio State quar…
Fernando Mendoza Tearfully Wins 2025 Heisman Trophy, Gives Shout-Out to His Grandparents
"Mommy, this is your trophy as much as it is mine," Mendoza said in his emotional acceptance speechAdam Hunger/Getty Fernando Mendoza with the Heisman Trophy on Dec. 13, 2025NEED TO KNOWIndiana Hoosiers star Fernando Mendoza won the 2025 Heisman Trophy during the annual ceremony on Dec. 13 in New York CityDuring his emotional acceptance speech, he tearfully dedicated the trophy to his mom, Elsa, saying, "You've always been my biggest fan"Other f…
Indiana's Fernando Mendoza Wins The 2025 Heisman Trophy In A Landslide Over Diego Pavia
The college football regular season came to an end last weekend, with only one thing left to announce before the playoff begins. On Saturday night in New York City, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza won the 2025 Heisman Trophy. More than 900 voters cast their ballots, with Mendoza receiving 643 first place votes, compared to 189 for Diego Pavia of Vanderbilt. Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love came in third place, followed by Julian Sayin of Ohio St…
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