Well, every draft board in America says Indiana's quarterback Fernando Mendoza is by far a first round draft pick,

but he very well could be the first quarterback gone in next year's draft.

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Welcome, and it is a locked-on crossover of Hoosiers and NFL draft. I'm Jacob Goin's host of

Lockdown Hoosiers. He is Damian Parsons from the Lockdown NFL draft podcast. And this is one that

Hoosier fans have been begging me for, Damien. So I'm so glad we're able to make this happen

and talk about some Indiana football and the players who could be playing on Sundays next year

from the Indiana Hoosiers. We're going to talk about some receivers, some offensive linemen,

defensive tackles as well. But we've got to start with the focal point that you guys have

been covering on your show, Fernando Mendoza, the transfer quarterback from Cal, who's now the

signal caller in Bloomington. He is a first round draft pick no matter where you look, but some

people are telling you,

my friend, he might be the best quarterback in next year's NFL draft.

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locked on NFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5.00. Yeah, the stock is climbing for Fernando Mendoza, right?

He's checking a lot of the, he checks a lot of the physical boxes, what, 6,5, 220, 25 pounds, a big arm.

He could push the ball in the tight windows, push it downfield.

But it's the quick game, the accuracy, the quick decision making that you see from Fernando

Mendoza in this Indiana offense that has really shined this year. But even going back to Cal,

one of the biggest things that Scouts really loved about him, and I know I love this about him,

is his toughness in the pocket. Fernando Mendoendoza, you go back to the Auburn game last year against Cal.

He's got his running back blown up, getting hit, like he's running back is getting blown

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