Individual awards are a team effort — and so are the celebrations.

Shortly after winning the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza was surprised by his teammates upon entering the room for his post-Heisman Trophy ceremony press conference.

The Hoosiers cheered and embraced their junior field general, celebrating his historic accomplishment in a poignant scene .

“That was all you,” said one of Mendoza’s teammates amid the scrum.

Fernando Mendoza teammates waiting for him in the press conference as good of a thing as I've ever seen at the @HeismanTrophy press conference. @IndianaFootball @BigTenNetwork @theaidenfisher @CoachShanahan_ @chandlerwhitmer @Coach_BHaines @CCignettiIU pic.twitter.com/F7CqGiYEB7 — Yogi Roth (@YogiRoth) Dece

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