BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football quarterback Fernando Mendoza was named a Heisman Trophy finalist on Monday night.

He will head to New York this weekend for the Heisman ceremony where the winner will be revealed alongside fellow his finalists, Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love.

Mendoza has been one of the favorites to win the award for much of the fall for leading the Hoosiers to the best season in program history. He's fresh off winning MVP honors in the Big Ten title game in a 13-10 win over Ohio State that helped the program win its first conference title since 1967.

It was also Indiana 's first win over the Buckeyes since 1988.

"It's all surreal," his father Fernando Mendoza IV told The Herald

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