Fernando Mendoza was beyond underrated coming out of high school. A look at every quarterback that was rated above him in his class.
You know the story by now: Fernando Mendoza starred as a high school quarterback in south Florida, and wanted to play at Miami. He couldn't get a scholarship offer from the Hurricanes, though. Or from almost anyone, so he went west to California and began his college career, before transferring to Indiana and leading the Hoosiers to the national championship and winning the Heisman Trophy.
It's hard to imagine he was an afterthought as a recruit, but that was the case as he was actually the 134th rated quarterback in the 2022 recruiting class by 247Sports.Below are the 133 players as well as the schools each ended up originally signing with Jennings has had more turnover issues than Mendoza ever did but the fact he was rated 132nd and turned into the player he did is remarkable as well.128. David Dallas Mateer is now at Oklahoma, where he may have made a run to be in Heisman Trophy contention last year if not for an injury. Doing that from a No. 124 ranking puts him in the same category as Jennings and Mendoza.There is an alternate universe where Mendoza accepts an offer from Yale and him and McCaughey end up having a fierce rivalry for playing time.118. Mekhi Lynn 115. Jackson Jones 110. Maddux Madsen 106. Walter Taylor III It's impressive that Kent State had a pair of quarterback commitments ranked significantly higher than Mendoza.103. Jackson Holt Full circle spot on this list in a way, as former Indiana enrollee Sorsby wound up transferring to Cincinnati where he starred. He was seen by many as the top quarterback in the transfer portal this off-season and will have sky-high expectations at his new school, Texas Tech.98. Te'Sean Smoot 95. Angel Flores 92. Blaine Hipa
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