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3 QBs Indiana and Curt Cignetti can attack in the portal to replace Fernando Mendoza

Fernando Mendoza is heading to the NFL after a Heisman Trophy season, so the Hoosiers will have to dip back into the transfer portal to find his replacement.

TCU Horned Frogs quarterback Josh Hoover (10) | Jerome Miron-Imagn Images

In just two years under Curt Cignetti, Indiana has established itself as a college football powerhouse, and a key element of the program’s back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances is how well Cignetti and his staff develop the quarterback position.

In 2024, the Hoosiers got a fantastic season out of Kurtis Rourke in his final year of eligibility, then in 2025, they took it up a notch.