Deion Sanders sends message to Diego Pavia: 'Stay strong and don't let up'
Deion Sanders is throwing out his support of Diego Pavia after the Vanderbilt QB went undrafted, and remains yet to be signed by an NFL team.
Colorado football coach Deion Sanders is publicly rooting for Diego Pavia to have a chance at a professional football career, either in the NFL or somewhere else. The former Vanderbilt football quarterback was not selected in one of the seven rounds and 257 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, and has yet to be signed by one of the 32 NFL teams as an undrafted free agent. "I believe in you my man!
Stay strong and don't let up," Sanders wrote on X (formerly Twitter). "Show them what time it is and never allow them to forget. Much love & God bless you.
" @diegopavia02 “I BELIEVE IN YOU MY MAN! Stay strong and don’t let up. Show them what time it is and never allow them to forget.
Much Love & God bless you. #PRIME — COACH PRIME (@DeionSanders) April 26, 2026 More: Did Diego Pavia sign with NFL team? Latest news on undrafted free agent's status Sanders has first-hand experience of seeing a player slide down the NFL draft board, and likely is speaking to that in his tweet to Pavia, as his son, Shedeur Sanders, fell out of the first round and all the way down to the fifth round in the 2025 NFL Draft before the Cleveland Browns selected him.