Player Dossier

2022-2025

Vanderbilt

Diego Pavia

QB • 6'0" • 207 lbs • Albuquerque, NM, USA

Dual-threat creatorEfficient finisher

Diego Pavia is a dual-threat creator with 43.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

97%

Featured offensive role

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Impact Production

30

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

29

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
New Mexico State • Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Player Story

Diego Pavia built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a quarterback from Albuquerque, NM wearing No. 2, spending time with New Mexico State and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Diego Pavia's career was his...

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Diego Pavia, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt. Diego Pavia is a dual-threat creator with 43.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
13,336
Passing yards
10,247
Rushing yards
3,089
Touchdowns
119

Quick Answers

Diego Pavia quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · QB
Career Total Offense
13,336
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 53 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt
Top game
Liberty
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2025 Total offense rank
4,401 total offense · QB 3rd (top 1%) · SEC 2nd (top 1%) · National 3rd (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2022 PostseasonNew Mexico State1223216765253.3
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State121,7141,2754391753.3
2023 PostseasonNew Mexico State151305872179
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State153,7662,9158513279
2024 PostseasonVanderbilt1324416084577.3
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt132,8492,1337162377.3
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt1338334736386.2
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt134,0183,1928263686.2

Related Context

Diego Pavia played QB for New Mexico State and Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Diego Pavia recorded 10,247 passing yards, 3,089 rushing yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Vanderbilt paired 4,401 primary output with 72.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 68.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across New Mexico State, Vanderbilt.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · New Mexico State

Games

15

Primary Metric / G

259.7

Efficiency

68.1

Usage

33.7

Consistency

84.7

Best Game by takeover score

Sam Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 130. Western Illinois: 309. Massachusetts: 268. Liberty: 213. New Mexico: 299. Hawai'i: 252. Florida International: 302. Sam Houston: 401. UTEP: 282. Louisiana Tech: 162. Middle Tennessee: 287. Western Kentucky: 185. Auburn: 236. Jacksonville State: 337. Liberty: 233

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fresno State: 43 by 46.8. Western Illinois: 24 by 70. Massachusetts: 41 by 55.1. Liberty: 30 by 62.1. New Mexico: 25 by 87.9. Hawai'i: 27 by 81.7. Florida International: 42 by 65.6. Sam Houston: 51 by 74.6. UTEP: 39 by 72.6. Louisiana Tech: 31 by 62.5. Middle Tennessee: 46 by 60.6. Western Kentucky: 33 by 64. Auburn: 36 by 67.9. Jacksonville State: 53 by 61.5. Liberty: 21 by 89.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins280 · Games = 10 · +60.8 vs Losses
Losses219.2 · Games = 5 · -60.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

15 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Sam Houston

Best efficiency game

89.2 vs Liberty

Result
Sat 12/16@ Fresno StateDual-threatL 10-3711255844.00146.818724115
Sat 12/2@ Liberty3+ TDL 35-49111618868.83089.25459125
Sat 11/25vs Jacksonville StateDual-threatW 20-17233426967.61261.519683.60010
Sat 11/18@ Auburn3+ TDW 31-10192820167.93067.98354.40012
Sat 11/11@ Western KentuckyW 38-29142414158.320649444.90012
Sat 11/4vs Middle TennesseeDual-threatW 13-7163122051.60160.615674.50022
Tue 10/24@ Louisiana TechDual-threatW 27-2410199552.61062.512675.60126
Thu 10/19@ UTEP3+ TD · Dual-threatW 28-7152518660.02072.614966.90241
Thu 10/12vs Sam Houston3+ TD · Dual-threatW 27-13203628655.62074.6151157.70141
Thu 10/5vs Florida International3+ TDW 34-17203125664.52165.611464.20143
Sun 9/24@ Hawai'iDual-threatL 17-2091515560.02081.712978.10044
Sun 9/17@ New MexicoDual-threatW 27-1791420364.32087.911968.70026
Sat 9/9@ LibertyDual-threatL 17-33122115057.11262.19637019
Sun 9/3vs Western Illinois300-yard gameW 58-21162031780.020704-8-204
Sat 8/26vs Massachusetts3+ TDL 30-41162724859.33255.114201.4008

Player Story

Diego Pavia story

Diego Pavia built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a quarterback from Albuquerque, NM wearing No. 2, spending time with New Mexico State and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Diego Pavia's career was his passing role: 10,247 passing yards, 88 touchdown passes, 1,231 attempts, and 3,089 rushing yards across 53 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Vanderbilt. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 3,089 rushing yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 53 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico State and Vanderbilt.

The arc is straightforward: Diego Pavia moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    New Mexico State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Vanderbilt

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222022202320232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 PostseasonNew Mexico State1,94660.423.3
2022 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State1,94660.423.30
2023 PostseasonNew Mexico State3,89668.133.71,950
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico State3,89668.133.70
2024 PostseasonVanderbilt3,09365.940.8-803
2024 Regular SeasonVanderbilt3,09365.940.80
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt4,40172.343.71,308
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt4,40172.343.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Liberty

Week 13 · W 49-14 · Conference game

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

339

Total Offense

92.4 takeover

339 total offense with 80.9 efficiency.

#2

vs No. 66 Kentucky

Week 13 · W 45-17 · Conference game

532

Total Offense

92.2 takeover

Win with 532 yards of offense and 76.6 efficiency.

532 total offense with 76.6 efficiency.

#3

vs No. 29 Auburn

Week 11 · W 45-38 · Conference game

489

Total Offense

91.7 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

489 total offense with 83.3 efficiency.

#4

vs Sam Houston

Week 7 · W 27-13 · Conference game

401

Total Offense

90.9 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

401 total offense with 74.6 efficiency.

#5

vs Virginia Tech

Week 1 · W 34-27

294

Total Offense

87 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

294 total offense with 78.5 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

4,401 primary output · 72.3 efficiency · 43.7 usage

86.2

#2

2025 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

86.2

4,401 primary · 72.3 efficiency · 43.7 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · New Mexico State

79

3,896 primary · 68.1 efficiency · 33.7 usage

Milestones

15

250+ passing yards

17

300+ total offense

18

3+ TD games

39

Above avg efficiency