Portal QBs

People keep connecting Indiana with a Portal QB- they have Fernando Mendoza's brother on the team currently. They'll certainly run into a Raiola type issue if they bring another QB in to ruin the "heir apparent".

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Alberto Mendoza - Football - Indiana University Athletics

Alberto Mendoza (16) QB - Career Notes & Records Appeared in six career games ... Threw first-career touchdown pass against Kennesaw State (9/6) in 2025 ... ...
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Quarterback for head coach Dave Dunn at Christopher Columbus High School ... Consensus three-star prospect by ESPN, 247Sports, Rivals and On3 … Rated a top-90 quarterback nationally per ESPN (No. 55), 247Sports (No. 86) and On3 (No. 70) … Tabbed the No. 137 prospect in Florida per On3 … Two-time Class 4 Metro Florida Player of the Year … Named a Finalist for Florida Mr. Football as a junior … Two-time first-team All-Miami-Dade County … Guided CCHS to a 26-2 record as a starter and back-to-back Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4 Metro state titles … Threw for 4,596 yards passing and 57 touchdowns in his career … Logged 1,950 yards passing and 22 touchdowns as a senior … Completed 159-of-223 passes with just five interceptions in final prep season … Rushed for 319 yards as a senior … Completed 186-of-256 passes for 2,470 yards passing and 34 touchdowns as a junior … Gained 207 yards rushing with two touchdowns as a junior … Brother, Fernando, played at Cal (2-22-24) and was the starting quarterback in 2023-24 ... Fernando transferred to Indiana in Spring 2024.

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If Nebraska is in the position to land Barrett from James Madison or Colandrea who would you take? The Sun Belt player of the year or the Mountain West player of the year?? Barrett only had 58% percent of his passes completely while Colandrea had 65% percent. Tough decision.
 
Decoy73 said:
I think Lateef could be pretty good with a better line and another offseason of coaching. Do we really think a portal QB is the answer? I know it's not as sexy as a shiny new QB and the "hope" that follows, but we need some good lines.
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We're losing three scholarship QBs after this year. Even if you like Lateef, he's our only remaining scholly QB on the roster. We need at least two more guys, so why not swing for the fences?
 
Toe said:
We're losing three scholarship QBs after this year. Even if you like Lateef, he's our only remaining scholly QB on the roster. We need at least two more guys, so why not swing for the fences?
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I could go either way. Though to answer your question in the negative, spend big on the lines, get a couple of serviceable QBs to compete/backup Lateef, then see what they have in Young (assuminghe signs) and what might be in the following year's portal.
 
I see so many people calling for lots of money for awesome linemen. I'm not against that but I really don't think that's realistic because there just aren't very many proven good ones available. Hope I'm wrong.
 
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