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Fernando Mendoza became the first Indiana Hoosier to win the Heisman Trophy in New York after a 13-0 regular season that included a Big Ten championship and the top seed in the expanded College Football Playoff, and his performance and major awards have made him a projected top quarterback and likely first-round selection in the 2026 NFL Draft.Diego Pavia finished second in the voting, initially posted profanity-laced criticism of voters and a club video that used an expletive directed at Indiana, and then posted an apology on X saying he had not handled his emotions well, calling being a finalist “such an honor” and praising Mendoza, Jeremiyah Love and Julian Sayin.Voting totals showed Mendoza with 2,362 points and 643 first-place votes to Pavia’s 1,435 points and 189 first-place votes, and the ceremony also sparked social-media discussion about listed heights after images showed Pavia appearing noticeably shorter than Love despite Vanderbilt’s roster listing him at 6 feet 0 inches.
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