College production summary feeding the v3.0 similarity vector. The engine weights these features against the prospect corpus (2000–present) to build the comp grid below.
Historical college players whose production curves most closely match Fernando Mendoza. Hit-label colouring tags each comp's eventual NFL outcome: elite, starter, bust, unknown (still developing or never reached the NFL). Click an NFL name to jump to its veteran page when available.
| College player | School | Class | Similarity | NFL outcome | NFL career | Career fp | Peak3 fp/g | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryn Renner | North Carolina | 2014 | 0.895 | unknown | Bryn Renner | — | — | — |
| Drew Tate | Iowa | 2007 | 0.804 | unknown | Drew Tate | — | — | — |
| Noah Fifita | Arizona | 2026 | 0.781 | unknown | Noah Fifita | — | — | — |
| Rasheed Marshall | West Virginia | 2005 | 0.751 | unknown | Rasheed Marshall | — | — | — |
| Asad Abdul-Khaliq | Minnesota | 2004 | 0.703 | unknown | Asad Abdul-Khaliq | — | — | — |
| Brooks Bollinger | Wisconsin | 2003 | 0.683 | bust | Brooks Bollinger | 121 | 4.9 | 5 |
| Austen Arnaud | Iowa State | 2011 | 0.678 | unknown | Austen Arnaud | — | — | — |
| Connor Cook | Michigan State | 2016 | 0.674 | unknown | Connor Cook | 6 | 6.0 | 1 |
| Jason Gesser | Washington State | 2003 | 0.656 | unknown | Jason Gesser | — | — | — |
| John Navarre | Michigan | 2004 | 0.647 | unknown | John Navarre | 12 | 5.8 | 2 |
| A.J. McCarron | Alabama | 2014 | 0.639 | unknown | A.J. McCarron | — | — | — |
| Anthony Colandrea | UNLV | 2026 | 0.630 | unknown | Anthony Colandrea | — | — | — |
| Jake Rudock | Michigan | 2016 | 0.630 | unknown | Jake Rudock | -1 | -0.3 | 1 |
| Justin Thomas | Georgia Tech | 2017 | 0.597 | unknown | Justin Thomas | — | — | — |
| Sean Renfree | Duke | 2013 | 0.587 | unknown | Sean Renfree | -2 | -1.0 | 1 |
| Tyler Palko | Pitt | 2007 | 0.584 | unknown | Tyler Palko | 27 | 2.6 | 2 |
| Jake Retzlaff | Tulane | 2026 | 0.567 | unknown | Jake Retzlaff | — | — | — |
| Quinn Ewers | Texas | 2025 | 0.566 | unknown | Quinn Ewers | 33 | 8.3 | 1 |
| Teddy Bridgewater | Louisville | 2014 | 0.562 | starter | Teddy Bridgewater | 960 | 14.8 | 10 |
| Bryan Randall | Virginia Tech | 2005 | 0.561 | unknown | Bryan Randall | — | — | — |
| Matt Schaub | Virginia | 2004 | 0.553 | starter | Matt Schaub | 1421 | 16.4 | 16 |
| Brad Kaaya | Miami | 2017 | 0.547 | unknown | Brad Kaaya | — | — | — |
| Cody Pickett | Washington | 2004 | 0.540 | unknown | Cody Pickett | 4 | 0.3 | 2 |
| Maty Mauk | Missouri | 2016 | 0.532 | unknown | Maty Mauk | — | — | — |
| Christian Hackenberg | Penn State | 2016 | 0.528 | unknown | Christian Hackenberg | — | — | — |
Methodology details: v3.0 prospect engine — PR 3 similarity, PR 4 projection, PR 5 back-test.