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replacing Fernando Mendoza Morgan Moriarty • Rick Janzaruk-Imagn Images Add Sporting News on Google Transfer portal
quarterbacks are hot commodities in college football. If you land the right one, it could help your school win its
first-ever national championship, a la Fernando Mendoza at Indiana. In Bloomington, head coach Curt Cignetti is hoping
that lightning can strike twice this season, as the third-year coach turns to portal quarterback Josh Hoover to lead the
Hoosiers. Hoover comes to Indiana after spending the last three seasons at TCU. Let's take at Hoover's career history,
and what he is bringing to Indiana at quarterback.MORE: Week 1 picks against the spread for LSU-Clemson, more Who is
Josh Hoover? Hoover played high school football in Rockwall, Texas, which sits just outside of Dallas. Across three
seasons tracked by MaxPreps, he threw for 9,750 yards with 108 touchdowns and just 29 interceptions.Per the 247Sports
Composite, he was rated as a three-star signal-caller, checking in as the No. 41 overall quarterback in the 2022 class.
He held offers from the likes of Arkansas, TCU, Houston, SMU, UTSA, Tulane and several others.He was also offered by
Indiana and actually committed to the Hoosiers in 2021, when Indiana was still coached by Tom Allen.Hoover ultimately
ended up signing with TCU and spent three seasons with the Horned Frogs.MORE: Gauging the CFB pressure index on
coaches, players, teamsJosh Hoover at TCUHoover took a redshirt with the Horned Frogs in 2022, and as a redshirt
freshman in 2023, he appeared in 10 games with six starts. Although he started the season as a backup to starting
quarterback Chandler Morris, he started in the last six games of the season after Morris re-injured his MCL. In his 10
games, he threw for 2,237 yards with 15 touchdowns and just one interception. Morris transferred to North Texas before
the 2024 season, putting Hoover in the driver's seat to start in 2024. That year, he threw for 3,949 yards with 27
touchdowns and 11 interceptions. The Horned Frogs finished 9-4 on the season, capped off with a New Mexico Bowl over
Louisiana. He reportedly received a lucrative offer from Tennessee to play for the Vols in 2025, but remained in Fort
Worth. Last season for the Horned Frogs, he had another big season, throwing for 3,472 yards with 29 touchdowns and 13
interceptions. Why did Josh Hoover transfer to Indiana? Hoover entered the transfer portal on Dec. 18, and landed
at Indiana on Jan. 4. He has an NIL Valuation of $4 million, per On3Sports. The quarterback can only hope that his
transition to Indiana can be similar to Mendoza's, who transferred to Indiana after starting his career at Cal. While
Cignetti recognizes that fans will point out the similarities, he reminded reporters last month that even Mendoza wasn't
a super star from the start. “I think what you gotta do is if you wanna make a comparison, you gotta kinda look at
where we were last year at this time,” Cignetti said on Aug. 30 via the Indy Star. “We walked off the field the
second scrimmage and really weren't good at all throwing the football. And we weren't feeling very good about
things.”Speaking of Mendoza, Fernando's younger brother, Alberto was also at Indiana last season. But shortly after
Hoover transferred to Bloomington, the younger Mendoza hit the portal himself. He signed with Georgia Tech, where he has
been named the Yellow Jackets's 2026 starter.If there's one stat that Hoover can improve on at Indiana, it's taking care
of the football. He threw 33 interceptions across his three seasons, and had 14 fumbles with nine lost. MORE: Alberto
Mendoza leaving no stone unturned as he carries on family name at GTJosh Hoover
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FBS teams | All 138 FBS coaches Content Producer Morgan Moriarty Morgan Moriarty joined The Sporting News as a
content producer in the fall of 2024. Her sports journalism career started at the University of Florida in 2012, where
she graduated in 2015. She has covered college football and basketball, the NFL and numerous other major sports for
outlets like the Tampa Bay Times, Saturday Down South, UPROXX Sports and SB Nation. She also covers college football for
Bleacher Report, and is a featured guest on various CNN programs. Crafted for fans since 1886 Company About Us
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