Diego Pavia's myth-making at Vanderbilt was never going to sway the NFL | Estes
It isn't so much Diego Pavia's brash personality that bothers the NFL. It's more that he's a 5-foot-10 quarterback with a brash personality.
Let’s not overthink this. If former Vanderbilt football star Diego Pavia was 6-foot-4, 250 pounds and had a rocket arm, no NFL exclusives would’ve cared about regrettable posts or comments or when he'd hired an agent . They've have been applauding Pavia’s chutzpah while plotting to add him as a franchise quarterback.
Then again, if Pavia had five-star measurables, we wouldn't be talking about that other stuff. He wouldn’t have needed such a brash personality to gain attention and reach such inconceivable heights, going from junior college walk-on in New Mexico to Heisman Trophy finalist in the SEC despite standing barely 5-foot-10 and lacking arm strength. His fuel was being doubted and overlooked for so long.
He's not overlooked anymore. Now he's just doubted. NFL teams saw everything Pavia accomplished to beat the odds at Vanderbilt .
They just didn't care about feats and five-star intangibles. They cared more about those odds. Predictably.
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