Fernando Mendoza. The Fernandalorian. 'Nando Calrissian. Havana Montana.

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As the #1 overall pick, QB Fernando Mendoza is expected to sign a 4 year, $57.2M contract with the #Raiders, fully guaranteed, including a $38.1M signing bonus.

At $14.3M per year, he'll slot in as the 20th highest average paid QB in football.
 
#Raiders QB Fernando Mendoza

"To be honest, I chose the Raiders over Pittsburgh."

Said it's tough for his mom to do travel back-to-back and didn't want her to have to travel to Pittsburgh, then all the way to Vegas. He made it easy on her with one trip because he wants her with him tomorrow in Vegas when they introduce him to the world as their future QB
 
No idea if that's really Nando. He says he deleted all his social media accounts.
 
Edge run’s on.

Allegedly had local coaching knowledge on Lawrence. Not much separating these Edge guys in terms of grades. But this is out of sequence on most boards.
 
The no. 1 pick doesn't just happen. Here's the story nobody told.

September 2023. Fernando Mendoza, a quarterback at Cal, sits down and watches hours of Kyle Shanahan teaching defense.

Not highlights, full tape. The kind of education that lives inside NFL QB rooms and almost never leaves.

Mendoza watches for a while. Then he says five words. "This is all I need." Richmond Flowers, founder of QB Collective, believed him.

The second piece of the plan had a name most of the country didn't know yet. Chandler Whitmer. Yale. Ohio State. Clemson. Three years in the NFL with Justin Herbert and the Chargers. One year with the Atlanta Falcons. Nine years of quiet, organized, invisible work. He was ready for his moment. He just needed the right room.

Curt Cignetti had just gone 11-1 in his first year at Indiana. A program that had never done anything. He wanted to go further. Richmond saw a coach who was ready. He saw a quarterback who needed that coach. He made the call. Cignetti saw it immediately. After three coordinators in three years at Cal, Fernando finally had the staff he needed.

December 20, 2024. Chandler Whitmer named offensive coordinator at Indiana.

December 24, 2024. Fernando Mendoza commits to Indiana.

Those were not two independent events.

"The best quarterback position coach I've ever been around." — Fernando Mendoza on Chandler Whitmer, Spring 2025.

Before the Heisman. Before the national championship. Before any of it. Mendoza already knew.

Undefeated. Big Ten Champions. College Football Playoff. Heisman Trophy. National Championship. The greatest season in Indiana football history.

Right quarterback. Right coach. Right program. All three have to be true.

Great players follow great coaching. Great coaching needs the right environment to work. That's not a tagline. That's the Collective model.

This is what QB Collective does. ID the talent. Find the coach. Build the environment. Watch it work. Since 2016.

Tag a coach who changed your game.
 
Regarding @Raiders QB Fernando Mendoza being "too RPO-reliant"

Last season, Mendoza did lead the entire NCAA in RPO dropbacks with 103, and with the benefit or those run/pass options, he completed 77 of 97 passes for 687 yards, seven touchdowns, one interception, and a passer rating of 115.9.

But without RPOs, Mendoza completed 196 of 282 passes for 2,849 yards, an NCAA-high 34 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a passer rating of 134.3.

It's not a thing.
 
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