IU football quarterback Fernando Mendoza will appear on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon tonight, Thursday, January 22.
According to a release from NBC, Mendoza, who won the Heisman Trophy and led the IU program to its first-ever national championship, will sit with Fallon this evening for his first-ever appearance on late-night television.
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon airs at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC.
Tonight’s episode will also include guests Anthony Anderson and Nell Fisher (“Stranger Things”), as well as musical guest Louis Tomlinson.
Mendoza, the projected No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL draft, threw for 3,535 yards and 41 touchdowns in the 2025 season for the Hoosiers. His quarterback rating of 90.3 ranked first in the country.
