The Indiana Hoosiers are going into the College Football Playoffs as the surprising top-ranked team in the postseason. The Hoosiers' quarterback Fernando Mendoza will lead the team into the playoff as the 2025 Heisman Trophy winner. Expand Tweet

Mendoza beat out Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia, Ohio State's Julian Sayin and Notre Dame's Jeremiyah Love to become the first Indiana player to win the award. Mendoza has passed for 2,980 yards and 33 TDs this season.

The quarterback gave a heartfelt speech in which he thanked his coaches, his teammates, his friends and family. Towards the conclusion of his remarks, he thanked his grandparents by acknowledging their presence with several sentences spoken in Spanish. His grandparents had a hard time holding back their tears as Mendoza spoke abo

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