QB Transfers: Mendoza & Iamaleava's HIGH-STAKES Season ahead of 2026 NFL Draft

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Fernando Mendoza, Nico Iamaleava, and Patrick Payton are three promising prospects for the 2026 NFL Draft with significant potential this season.

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0:00.0	Fernando Mendoza, Nico Iamaleva, and Patrick Payton, three highly talented prospects for the
0:06.0	2026 NFL draft with a whole lot to gain this season.
0:14.6	You are Locked-on NFL draft, your daily podcast covering the NFL draft, part of the locked on podcast network,
0:23.6	your team every day.
0:25.5	Welcome back to the locked on NFL draft podcast, your daily podcast covering your favorite
0:29.8	draft prospects, part of the locked on podcast network, your team every day.
0:34.3	I'm your boy, Damien Parson.
0:35.7	I'm an NFL draft analyst with Bleacher Report.
0:38.4	And as always, thank you for making locked on NFL draft.
0:40.8	Your first listen today and everyday shot for being our everydayers.
0:45.7	Prospects with the most to gain.
0:47.7	Got three guys up on the docket Fernando Mendoza.
0:51.3	We keep the show off with him, transfer from Cal to Indiana.
0:54.9	Nico Iamaleva transferring from Tennessee to UCLA.
0:59.4	And Patrick Payton transferring from FSU to LSU, these guys have the most to gain in a college football season ahead of the 2026 NFL draft.
1:09.9	And let's get it started with Fernando
1:12.2	Mendoza the 65 225 pound quarterback that transferred from Cal last year who's now with
1:20.1	Kurt Signetti and the Indiana Hoosiers right last year they had a guy that I like during the season
1:26.3	and I still like you know if he got a chance in the NFL and Curtis Roark. But Curtis Roark was a guy that had, doesn't, didn't have the same amount of juice from the arm talent, armstring standpoint, as a Mendoza, and he was nowhere near the athlete that Mendoza is either. Not saying the Mendoza's second coming to Josh Allen, but in a straight line,
1:46.3	yeah, Mendoza can get you 10, 15, 20, at Stanford. He bused Stanford for a 50-yard scamper,
1:53.2	you know, last season at Cal's in the ACC. Go into the Big Ten. This is where you get the most
1:58.9	to gain. And for me, I just look at it from the aspect of Fernando Mendoza, who right now, guys, if you haven't known, if you don't know, he's my QB1, right? I have him over Cade. I have him over Lenore Sellers. I have him over some guys. I just project. His game translates to the league very well, to be completely honest. And that's why I really like his game.
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