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Fernando Mendoza

Player breakdown

Fernando Mendoza

Indiana · 2026 Draft Class

6-5236 lbsUndrafted / UpcomingAge: ~19
EliteHeisman x1Davey O'Brien x1Manning x1All-American x1
Major awards: 4Heisman votes: 2362NIL Contract Value: $4.1M
Watch Highlights

Model confidence

Success Probability

92%

SeasonTeamConfGCmpAttPass YdsPass TDINTRush YdsRush TDTotal TD
2025IndianaBig Ten162563623,271216400223

Model readout

Probability, context, and base score

XGBoost Prob

66%

ML model output

Context Prob

66%

Rule-based model

Suppression Signals

0

Depth chart context

SHAP Base

0.484

Average prediction

Top Positive Factors

Strong ascending production slope (+3271 yards/yr) — still improving at draft time+0.343
3,271 career receiving yards — elite multi-year volume+0.273
No height-adjusted speed data — missing combine measurement+0.267

Top Negative Factors

Physical upside: 0.63 — strong athletic ceiling-0.574
Improvement accelerating (+3271.0) — getting better faster each year-0.390
204.4 career ypg — elite WR1 college production-0.335

SHAP Feature Impact (Top 20)