{"id":380806,"date":"2026-01-01T01:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/380806\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T01:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T01:36:11","slug":"diego-pavia-nfl-draft-stock-discussed-by-cfb-fans-as-vanderbilt-loses-reliaquest-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/380806\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Pavia NFL Draft Stock Discussed By CFB Fans as Vanderbilt Loses ReliaQuest Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia led a furious rally en route to 24 second-half points, but the Commodores eventually fell 34-27 to Iowa in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Wednesday from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Iowa led Vanderbilt 21-3 in the third quarter after DJ Vonnahme caught a 21-yard touchdown pass, but the Commodores&#8217; offense finally caught fire, with Pavia immediately responding with a 75-yard touchdown strike to Tre&#8217; Richardson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Pavia eventually completed 25-of-38 passes for 347 yards and two touchdowns while adding 36 rushing yards and one more score. However, Iowa kept its distance and remained ahead by at least seven points for the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\"><a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/news\/vanderbilt-qb-diego-pavia-denied-intentions-to-play-in-2026-as-ncaa-lawsuit-continues-this-is-my-last-year\/#:~:text=Vanderbilt%20QB%20Diego%20Pavia%20denied,collegefootball\/reg\/free\/stories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Pavia has said<\/a> that 2025 will be his last season, even though there is an ongoing lawsuit regarding his eligibility for the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">If this is it for Pavia, the question now becomes whether he can carve a niche in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Fans provided their thoughts on the Heisman Trophy runner-up&#8217;s pro prospects during the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">We&#8217;ll see how things transpire in the pre-draft process soon enough when things kick off in earnest in February with the NFL Draft Combine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia led a furious rally en route to 24 second-half points, but the Commodores eventually&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-380806","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}