Diego Pavia’s sister is just a freshman, but college coaches know ‘I’m a baller’

At a high school basketball game in New Mexico last month, a group of students rooting for the home team showed up decked out in matching T-shirts. On the front was a picture of Diego Pavia, the fiery, love-him-or-hate-him former Vanderbilt quarterback who took college football by storm in 2025 and finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting. On the back was a picture of Fernando Mendoza, the Indiana quarterback who beat out Pavia for the Heisman and led the Hoosiers to the national championshi