How Fernando Mendoza’s Shocking NFL Draft Journey Defied All Odds
Thankfully for Mendoza, his mom and dad aren’t the type of parents who would let one of their boys quit without finishing what he started. Fernando and Elsa Mendoza insisted that their eldest son return to the South Miami Grey Ghosts and prove what he could do, a decision that helped him learn to overcome the obstacles he would face throughout his teenage years and paved the way for one of football’s most remarkable underdog stories.
The same kid who began his tackle football career buried on his team’s quarterback depth chart blossomed into college football’s best player. The same kid whose first coaches envisioned him as a run-stuffing defensive end went on to quarterback long-struggling Indiana to its first national title. The same kid who once begged his parents to let him walk away from football is now the overwhelming favorite to be the first player taken in this week’s NFL Draft.

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