IU’s Mikail Kamara
Mendoza’s Canton-Certain!!!
… He’ll Solely Get Higher
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January 23, 2026
12:30 AM PST
TMZSports.com
Match Fernando Mendoza for a gold jacket now — the Indiana famous person’s teammate, Mikail Kamara, tells TMZ Sports activities he is assured the quarterback is destined for greatness on the subsequent stage!!
Kamara — the CFP Defensive Participant of the Sport — gave Mendoza his flowers this week … contemporary off their 27-21 win over the Miami Hurricanes.
The defensive finish praised Mendoza as a passionate, sensible, robust QB … and mentioned whichever group selects him within the 2026 NFL Draft (the place he’s projected to be No. 1 general) could have a shiny future.
“It doesn’t matter what groups find yourself drafting him, they are going to get, you recognize, a future Corridor of Famer,” Kamara mentioned.
“Somebody like him, he is all the time gonna proceed to get higher. I believe that one thing that lots of people do not take into consideration in the case of drafting sure gamers, like, sure guys could make it to the NFL that is simply adequate, however I simply know he loves the sport.”
“We’ve not seen one of the best of Fernando Mendoza but.”
We additionally mentioned Curt Cignetti, who guided the Hoosiers to a championship in simply his second yr as head coach in Bloomington — and the way NFL groups is perhaps making an attempt to rent him.
Do not maintain your breath — Kamara does not see him leaving anytime quickly.
“He is virtually just like the Mayor right here.”
