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Dave Hyde: How Fernando Mendoza Rose From Unwanted to College’s Top Player
Analyst Alex Mortensen noted Fernando Mendoza’s fluid throwing motion and accuracy at Alabama’s 2021 football camp, highlighting his overlooked talent among high school quarterbacks.
- Alex Mortensen, an Alabama offensive analyst, highlighted overlooked quarterback Fernando Mendoza after evaluating camp work at the University of Alabama football camp in Tuscaloosa in June 2021.
- Because Mortensen saw fluid mechanics, he was struck by the prospect Fernando Mendoza's accurate arm, which set him apart from others he watched.
- Unfamiliar to Mortensen before the event, the quarterback stood out among many invited top high-school arms in the camp's invitee pool.
- Given Mortensen's Alabama role, his public highlight brings renewed attention to a prospect first seen at the June 2021 camp, adding credibility within recruiting circles.
- Because recruiters monitor top camps, Mortensen's invitee comparisons at the University of Alabama camp highlight this prospect's overlooked potential.
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Dave Hyde: How Fernando Mendoza rose from unwanted to college’s top player
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In June 2021, at the University of Alabama’s football camp in Tuscaloosa, Ala., Alex Mortensen was struck by the fluid form and accurate arm of a quarterback he didn’t know. As an Alabama offensive analyst, Mortensen…
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