What to know about Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia, from height and weight to heritage and age originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Diego Pavia is the heartbeat of this magical, historic Vanderbilt Commodores football season. And he's traveled quite the journey to get here.

On the surface, Vanderbilt Commodores star quarterback Diego Pavia might look like the exemplary image of a signal-caller that is a college football legend with

Comedian Theo Von “randomly” crashed Diego Pavia’s interview, and put his arm around the Vanderbilt quarterback’s mom.

Theo Von and Diego Pavia’s mom has social media buzzing after they were spotted in the same house together following viral bet.

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia had one word (actually three words) for comedian Theo Von after he put his arm around Pavia's mother, Antoinette Padilla on Aug. 26. Pavia was doing an interview on Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson’s “Nightcap” podcast when a camera panned behind him, showing Von and Padilla.

The Texas Longhorns weren't too pleased with what Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia did after scoring a touchdown.

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia doubles down on his goal to win the 2025 College Football Playoffs National Championship

Diego Pavia scored on a touchdown on a 25-yard run in the fourth quarter against Texas, cutting into their lead late. After the score, Longhorns fans chanted “overrated” to the Vanderbilt quarterback trailing 34-16 to let Pavia know exactly what they think of him.