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SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The Heisman Trophy finalists were announced, and the sport’s biggest award now has a new name on it.

Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza won the 2025 Heisman Trophy, becoming the first winner in program history. Mendoza beat out Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia, Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin.

The Hoosiers are the number one overall seed in the College Football Playoff and are coming off their first Big Ten championship since 1967. They also finished the regular season 12-0 for the first time in school history.

Mendoza has been at the center of it all. In his first and only season as Indiana’s starter, he t

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