{"id":44369,"date":"2026-04-08T02:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44369"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:42:07","slug":"sources-fernando-mendoza-not-planning-to-attend-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=44369","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Fernando Mendoza not planning to attend NFL draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"2d69f2b3-fc07-332b-bd84-8793a3a1b74a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/player\/_\/id\/4837248\/fernando-mendoza\">Fernando Mendoza<\/a>, the projected No. 1 pick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft\/news\" target=\"_blank\">NFL draft<\/a>, has informed the league that he is not planning to attend the draft, sources told ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n<p>Mendoza wants to share the draft experience with his family in Miami, sources told Schefter.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"b18540eb-6f2b-534c-e7f9-9bd930518da9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/lv\/las-vegas-raiders\">Las Vegas Raiders<\/a> are widely expected to select Mendoza first overall after the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback led <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"bd06efe1-3050-2356-37c1-4b3fef1c29be\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/team\/_\/id\/84\/indiana-hoosiers\">Indiana<\/a> to the College Football Playoff championship last season.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/draft2026\/story\/_\/id\/48408193\/2026-nfl-mock-draft-peter-schrager-insider-intel-first-round-picks-predictions\" class=\"img-link\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48376719\/kirk-cousins-agrees-sign-contract-raiders-agent-says\" class=\"img-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/photo\/2026\/0104\/r1596461_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&amp;w=130&amp;h=130&amp;scale=crop&amp;location=center\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A source told Schefter last week that Mendoza was scheduled to visit the Raiders in Las Vegas on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mendoza would be the latest top pick to not attend the draft in person. <a data-player-guid=\"5431a37e-7b11-f9fb-a12b-68627e0eb858\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4426349\/travon-walker\">Travon Walker<\/a> (2022), <a data-player-guid=\"76111495-d1d9-2333-170d-4206eebe673f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/4360310\/trevor-lawrence\">Trevor Lawrence<\/a> (2021), <a data-player-guid=\"5bb4376a-d089-e3e4-e49a-44f1d709a012\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3052587\/baker-mayfield\">Baker Mayfield<\/a> (2018) and <a data-player-guid=\"031d8156-6271-ea30-409f-137309621805\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/3122132\/myles-garrett\">Myles Garrett<\/a> (2017) also opted to spend draft night with their families at alternate locations.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s draft will be held in Pittsburgh, with the first round on April 23.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48421461\/sources-fernando-mendoza-not-planning-attend-nfl-draft\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fernando Mendoza, the projected No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, has informed the league that he is not planning to attend the draft, sources 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