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Diego Pavia

Diego Pavia after being named most valuable player in the 2022 Quick Lane Bowl
Vanderbilt Commodores – No. 2
Position	Quarterback
Class	Graduate
Personal information
Born:	(2001-04-30) April 30, 2001 (age 23) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	207 lb (94 kg)
Career history
College	New Mexico Military (2020–2021) New Mexico State (2022–2023) Vanderbilt (2024–present)
Bowl games	2022 Quick Lane Bowl (MVP) 2023 New Mexico Bowl
High school	Volcano Vista (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Career highlights and awards
C-USA Offensive Player of the Year (2023) Second-team All-CUSA (2023)
Stats at ESPN

Diego Pavia (born April 30, 2001) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He previously played for New Mexico Military Institute and New Mexico State.

Early life

Pavia was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and attended Volcano Vista High School. In Pavia's high school career, he completed 108 of his 165 pass attempts for 1,485 yards and 14 touchdowns to five interceptions. He also rushed for 464 yards and nine touchdowns. Pavia would decide to commit to play JUCO football at New Mexico Military Institute.

College career

New Mexico Military Institute

In Pavia's career at New Mexico Military Institute, he completed 189 of his 323 passing attempts for 2,644 yards and 31 touchdowns to just four interceptions. He also rushed for 1,107 yards and 15 touchdowns. In 2021, Pavia's last season at New Mexico Military, he led the Broncos to NJCAA National Football Championship.

New Mexico State

Pavia committed to play college football at New Mexico State University. Pavia got his first start with the Aggies in the team's season opener against Nevada, however he struggled heavily, turning the ball over four times in the first half, and was benched for Gavin Frankes in a 23–13 loss. Pavia got his next start against UTEP and had a chance to tie the game at UTEP's 13 yard line but he was strip sacked by Brenton Thompson with three seconds left to end the game. Pavia had a career night against Liberty as the Aggies were 24.5 point underdogs; Pavia completed 16 of his 21 passes for 214 yards and three touchdowns to help his team shock Liberty. He was also a huge threat on the ground, rushing for 125 yards and three touchdowns. For his performance against Liberty Pavia was named one of the Manning stars of the Week, and was named the Manning Quarterback of the Week. In the Aggies season finale against Valparaiso to become bowl eligible, Pavia again had an outstanding performance going nine for thirteen on his passing attempts for 323 yards and four touchdowns, along with having one rushing touchdown as he left the game up 35–3 in the second quarter with a hamstring injury, as New Mexico State would win 65–3 to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2017. In the Aggies bowl game against Bowling Green, Pavia had a stellar game completing 17 of his 29 passing attempts for 167 yards and two touchdowns to just one interception, where he also rushed for 65 yards. Pavia made the game-winning play late in the fourth quarter, where on third down Pavia scrambled out of the pocket to his right side and was hit short of the first down line, however as he was hit, he fumbled the ball at his own 45 yards, but as a pile for the ball ensued Pavia recovered the ball past the line to gain to give the Aggies a first down and help end the game, where the Aggies won 24–19. For his performance in the game Pavia was named the Quick Lane Bowl MVP. Pavia finished the season completing 101 of his 190 pass attempts for 1,450 yards and 13 touchdowns to six interceptions. He also rushed for 508 yards and six touchdowns. For his performance on the year, he was named All Independent first team by College Football Network.

On December 23, 2023, Pavia announced that he would be entering the transfer portal.

Vanderbilt

On January 18, 2024, Pavia announced that he would transfer to Vanderbilt, along with his head coach Jerry Kill.

On October 5, 2024, Pavia led Vanderbilt to an upset victory over No. 1 Alabama, Vanderbilt's first win over a top-ranked team in program history. In Pavia's legacy game, he went 16/20 for 252 yards and 2 passing touchdowns while running for 56 yards.

College statistics

References

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2. "Diego Pavia's Stats". MaxPreps. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
3. Benson, Bradley. "Albuquerque native is Aggies top quarterback, per coach". KRQE. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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5. Ortega, Brandon (December 21, 2021). "Catching up with National Champ Diego Pavia". KOB.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
6. Tate, Van (January 13, 2022). "Diego Pavia chooses New Mexico State". KRQE. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
7. Schad, Chris (August 28, 2022). "What did the Gophers learn from New Mexico State's opener?". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
8. Bloomquist, Bret. "UTEP Miners get defense sorted out, top New Mexico State Aggies". El Paso Times. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
9. "Pavia accounts for 6 TDs in NMSU's 49–14 win over Liberty". CBS Sports. November 26, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
10. "Pavia stars as New Mexico State stuns Liberty, and now hopes for 12th regular season game". Albuquerque Journal. November 26, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
11. "Diego Pavia Earns Manning Award Quarterback of the Week Honor". allstatesugarbowl.org. November 30, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
12. Ochoa, Adrian (November 29, 2022). "NMSU QB Diego Pavia picks up flurry of national honors". KVIA. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
13. "Bowl-eligible New Mexico State drubs Valparaiso". AP News. December 4, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
14. Groves, Jason. "New Mexico State beats Valparaiso to close 6–6 regular season". Las Cruces Sun News. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
15. Groves, Jason. "New Mexico State beats Bowling Green in 2022 Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit". Las Cruces Sun News. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
16. Graham, Andrew. "New Mexico State holds off mistake-prone Bowling Green to win Quick Lane Bowl". Detroit News. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
17. "2022 Quick Lane Bowl recap". Detroit Lions.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
18. Chester, Jared. "NMSU football wins 2022 Quick Lane Bowl". KRQE. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
19. "Diego Pavia". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
20. Mellor, Cam (December 26, 2022). "2022 All-Independent College Football Team and Individual Honors". College Football Network. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
21. Rudolph, Justin (December 23, 2023). "New Mexico State quarterback Diego Pavia enters NCAA Transfer Portal". On3.com. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
22. Barral, Kevin (January 18, 2024). "Transfer Portal: New Mexico State QB Diego Pavia Commits to Vanderbilt". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
23. "Vandy upsets Bama for first win vs. No. 1 team". October 5, 2024.

External links

• Vanderbilt profile
• New Mexico State profile

• Living people
• American football quarterbacks
• New Mexico Military Broncos football players
• New Mexico State Aggies football players
• Vanderbilt Commodores football players
• Players of American football from Albuquerque, New Mexico