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The presumptive No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft will not be attending the live event in person.
Mendoza will be at home with his family, he told Alex Sherman on the CNBC Sport podcast. He’ll be dressed as if he’s on a stage in Pittsburgh.
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“I’ll be wearing a BOSS suit,” Mendoza said. “Although I’m not going to be at the draft, I want to do my best to be an elite partner, and do everything possible to try to help the NFL. I stayed at home because of a family decision.
“We did a lot of travel this year — my mother wanted to stay home, we always joke that it’s her party, not really mine — and I thought it would be the best decision to have everybody there, the village that’s poured into me to get to this point of success, to have them there.”
Mendoza’s mother has multiple sclerosis. The degenerative nerve disease confined Elsa Mendoza to a wheelchair. That didn’t stop her from attending her son’s games over the past year as Indiana marched to a national championship.
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Indiana defeated Miami at Hard Rock Stadium, near where the Mendozas live in Florida, for the national championship in January. But Fernando said traveling to Pittsburgh for the NFL draft would be too much for her to make.
Mendoza is widely expected to be the first pick in the draft. The Raiders are on the clock. Picking Mendoza would unite him with legendary quarterback Tom Brady, a minority owner in the Las Vegas franchise.
Whenever he leaves the board, expect Mendoza to give a shoutout to his mom — just as he did when he was presented the Heisman Trophy in December.
“Mami, this is your trophy as much as it is mine,” Fernando Mendoza said at the time. “Your sacrifice, courage, love — those have been my first playbook, and the playbook that I’m gonna carry through my side through my entire life. Together, you and I are rewriting what people think is possible. I love you.”
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Mendoza will be at home with his family, he told Alex Sherman on the CNBC Sport podcast. He’ll be dressed as if he’s on a stage in Pittsburgh.
MORE: Former Giants lineman, 5-year NFL veteran, announces immediate retirement from football at 28
“I’ll be wearing a BOSS suit,” Mendoza said. “Although I’m not going to be at the draft, I want to do my best to be an elite partner, and do everything possible to try to help the NFL. I stayed at home because of a family decision.
“We did a lot of travel this year — my mother wanted to stay home, we always joke that it’s her party, not really mine — and I thought it would be the best decision to have everybody there, the village that’s poured into me to get to this point of success, to have them there.”
Mendoza’s mother has multiple sclerosis. The degenerative nerve disease confined Elsa Mendoza to a wheelchair. That didn’t stop her from attending her son’s games over the past year as Indiana marched to a national championship.
MORE: Patriots’ Mike Vrabel breaks silence on Dianna Russini photo scandal
Indiana defeated Miami at Hard Rock Stadium, near where the Mendozas live in Florida, for the national championship in January. But Fernando said traveling to Pittsburgh for the NFL draft would be too much for her to make.
Mendoza is widely expected to be the first pick in the draft. The Raiders are on the clock. Picking Mendoza would unite him with legendary quarterback Tom Brady, a minority owner in the Las Vegas franchise.
Whenever he leaves the board, expect Mendoza to give a shoutout to his mom — just as he did when he was presented the Heisman Trophy in December.
“Mami, this is your trophy as much as it is mine,” Fernando Mendoza said at the time. “Your sacrifice, courage, love — those have been my first playbook, and the playbook that I’m gonna carry through my side through my entire life. Together, you and I are rewriting what people think is possible. I love you.”
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