Diego Pavia News, Rumors, Updates - Vanderbilt Commodores

Score on ground during win Pavia completed 10 of 13 passes for 83 yards during Saturday's 55-0 win versus Alcorn State. He also had 13 rushes for 51 yards with one touchdown.

Impact Pavia was not required to throw a high amount of times given the way the matchup panned out, but still managed to complete over 76 percent of his passes while finding the end zone through the ground on a 5-yard run during the second quarter. He will look to keep his momentum during Saturday's road matchup against Georgia State.

1 DAY AGO • ROTOWIRE

Dual-threat in Commodores debut Pavia completed 12 of 16 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns during Saturday's 34-27 overtime victory against Virginia Tech. He also had 26 rushes for 104 yards with one touchd...

Impact Pavia displayed the dual-threat ability that made him so enticing to Vanderbilt out of the transfer portal. He only threw 16 passes, but turned that into nearly 200 yards and two scores. His 104 yards and a score on the ground are also tantalizing numbers for fantasy managers that seek to deploy a mobile quarterback. Pavia looked in command of the offense, and could be in line for a quietly big season in Nashville.

SEPTEMBER 1 • ROTOWIRE

SEC Quarterback Fires Back At Doubters After Overtime Win Vanderbilt Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia.

AUGUST 31 • NEWSOBSERVER.COM

Will start against Virginia Tech Pavia will be the Commodores' starting quarterback Saturday against Virginia Tech, Pete Thamel of ESPN reports.

Impact For the Commodores' first game of 2024, they have decided to start their more experienced quarterback between Pavia and Nate Johnson, that being the former. He is a redshirt senior who broke out during his 2023 season, which included 3,898 scrimmage yards (2,973 passing and 925 rushing) and 33 touchdowns (26 passing and rushing) for New Mexico State. Another benefit of Pavia being the Commodores' starting QB is that they hired last year's NMSU OC Tim Beck as their offensive coordinator,

AUGUST 31 • ROTOWIRE

Co-starting with Nate Johnson Pavia is listed as a co-starter for Vanderbilt alongside Nate Johnson ahead of its Week 1 clash with Virginia Tech.

Impact Pavia and Utah transfer Nate Johnson battled all offseason for the starting gunslinger role, and it appears as though this battle will carry into the regular season. It wouldn't be shocking to see both Pavia and Johnson get reps against the Hokies, and game action has a way of sorting out who the starting quarterback should really be.

AUGUST 27 • ROTOWIRE

Still battling for QB1 role Pavia is still locked in a quarterback competition with Nate Johnson, per Aria Gerson of The Tennessean.

Impact Pavia transferred in from New Mexico State on the heels of an excellent season. He tossed for 2,973 yards, 26 touchdowns and nine interceptions while completing 60.4 percent of his passes. He also added 925 rushing yards and seven scores on the ground. Still, the gunslinger remains locked into a razor-thin competition with Nate Johnson, the extremely athletically-gifted Utah transfer. This is a battle that should come down to the last days of fall camp.

AUGUST 15 • ROTOWIRE

Vanderbilt football lands commitment from New Mexico State transfer QB Diego Pavia The Commodores added even more competition to their quarterback room.

JANUARY 18 • 247SPORTS.COM

Enters transfer portal Pavia has entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, Rivals.com reports

Impact Pavia will look for a fresh start with a new program after two seasons with New Mexico State. The senior quarter completed 60.3 percent of his passes for 2,973 yards, 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions this season.

DECEMBER 23, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Awaiting MRI Coach Jerry Kill indicated Monday that Pavia (undisclosed) is pending an MRI but is "cautiously optimistic" he could play in Saturday's game against Fresno Sate, Colin Deaver of KT...

Impact Pavia was forced to leave the game early against Liberty in last week's encounter. The senior quarterback is questionable to play in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday. If he is unable to go, Blaze Berlowitz would likely start under center.

DECEMBER 4, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

New Mexico State QB Diego Pavia beat Auburn in 'every critical moment' “Every critical moment, it seemed like he made a play.”

NOVEMBER 19, 2023 • 247SPORTS.COM

Throws three TDs Pavia went 19-for-28 for 201 yards and three touchdowns against Auburn on Saturday. He also ran eight times for 35 yards.

Impact Pavia came into this game banged up, and that may have hurt his running numbers. It also probably did not help that he was facing an SEC defense, but the quarterback still did well, and helped NMSU pull off a major upset.

NOVEMBER 19, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Throws three TDs Pavia went 19-for-28 for 201 yards and three touchdowns against Auburn on Saturday. He also ran eight times for 35 yards.

NOVEMBER 19, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

In full uniform Saturday Pavia (undisclosed) is in full uniform and warming up ahead of Saturday's game against Auburn, Ainslie Lee of AL.com reports.

Impact This is a big development for New Mexico State as Pavia should be available to start after being dinged up in the Aggies' last game. He was considered day-to-day earlier in the week but now with kickoff approaching, Pavia is on the field and going through warmups.

NOVEMBER 18, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Touchdowns two ways Pavia went 10-for-19 for 95 yards and a touchdown and ran 12 times for 67 yards and a score Tuesday against La Tech.

Impact Pavia is not exactly running the Air Raid, but even for him a mere 95 yards passing is not ideal. However, he's run for five touchdowns over his last four games, he's turned the ball over once in his last six games, and the Aggies are bowl eligible already. That'll work.

OCTOBER 25, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Is the offense once again Pavia went 15-for-25 for 186 yards and two touchdowns against UTEP on Wednesday. He also ran 14 times for 96 yards and two scores.

Impact The Aggies scored 28 points in this game, so you can do the math. Pavia is effectively the offense for NMSU, and he's been particularly good on the ground. Through eight starts he has 527 yards and four touchdowns rushing, making him a true dual threat under center.

OCTOBER 19, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Pavia accounts for all four TDs in New Mexico State's 28-7 win over UTEP

Diego Pavia ran for two scores and threw two touchdown passes to Thomaz Whitford to propel New Mexico State to a 28-7 victory over UTEP

OCTOBER 19, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

New Mexico State beats fellow C-USA newcomer Sam Houston 27-13 behind Diego Pavia's 3 total TDs

Diego Pavia passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns, and he rushed for 115 yards and one TD as New Mexico State scored 27 unanswered points before holding off winless Sam Houston 2...

OCTOBER 12, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Pavia accounts for 6 TDs in NMSU's 49-14 win over Liberty