College football: Most impactful transfer players of the 2025 season

Key Highlights

• Fernando Mendoza — QB, IndianaIndiana’s Fernando Mendoza (15) smiles as he celebrates after the College Football Playoff National Championship college football game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Monday, Jan.
• 19, 2026.
• Credit: © Rich Janzaruk/Herald-Times / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesMendoza instantly became the face of Indiana’s historic rise, bringing poise and command to an offense that desperately needed stability.
• His accuracy, decision-making, and calm under pressure elevated everyone around him.
• Most importantly, he led Indiana all the way to the national championship title, its first, an unthinkable achievement for the program just a year earlier.