This is a major blow to the Cal football prgram. Cal did not have much of a running game this season, and the passing attack provided by Mendoza was the Bears' major avenue for sc

Former Tulane quarterback Darian Mensah has already found a new program in Duke, while Mississippi State’s Michael Van Buren Jr. and Cal’s Fernando Mendoza are exploring changes of their own in the transfer portal.

Cal’s star quarterback Fernando Mendoza is entering the transfer portal, he announced Wednesday morning via X. “Every person is shaped with decisions that inevitably shape their lives, and rarely do they lack gravity. But for the sake of my football future this is the decision I have reached,” Mendoza said in a post on X.

California QB Fernando Mendoza will enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3’s Pete Nakos. Mendoza just completed his third collegiate season, including a redshirt in his first year, at Cal. He has appeared in 20 games over the past two years with all but one of those being starts for the Golden Bears.

Fernando Mendoza will not play at No. 9 SMU today due to an illness,” Thamel reported. “Back-up Chandler Rogers will get the start for the Bears. Mendoza has thrown for 3,0

Mississippi State quarterback Michael Van Buren Jr. and Cal’s Fernando Mendoza have added their names to the list of QBs who are exploring options in the transfer portal. Van Buren