Fernando Mendoza Unveils the Game-Changing Pitch That Sealed His Commitment to Indiana—You Won’t Believe What Curt Cignetti Said!
One person who did believe in Mendoza’s upside, however, was Curt Cignetti, who secured the young passer’s services and transformed him into the player who will likely be drafted by the Las Vegas Raiders first overall.
Discussing his path from Christopher Columbus High School to Cal, Indiana, and soon the NFL in a piece with The Athletic, Mendoza revealed the Cignetti pitch that “sold” him on becoming a Hoosier and why he’s incredibly happy with the results.
“However, Coach Cignetti really sold me on, we’re going to develop you,” Mendoza said. The quarterback recalled Cignetti’s pitch: “‘I don’t have a crystal ball. I can’t tell if we’re going to be top 25 in the nation, No. 1, or outside of that top 25. However, I know that I develop quarterbacks. It’s what I do.’

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