The junior beat out Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin and Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia for college football’s highest honor.
He becomes the first Indiana player in program history to win the Heisman Trophy.
Mendoza easily won the award, earning the top spot on 643 ballots and tallying 2,362 points. Pavia was second with 189 first-place votes and 1,435 points. Love earned 46 votes to win the award (719 points) and Sayin had eight votes to win (432 points).
The Heisman Trophy victory caps off a near-sweep of all the major quarterback awards.