What Taylor Lewan said about Diego Pavia, NFL draft on 'Bussin With The Boys'

The Tennessean's 2025 Sportsperson of the Year made a few headlines off the field, most notably when he criticized Heisman voters on Instagram after the trophy ceremony.

What else did Taylor Lewan say about Diego Pavia?

Lewan said that NFL teams want to avoid distractions and pointed to Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who dropped to the fifth round in the 2025 NFL Draft, as an example.

"Especially in the football world, the NFL world, you want to limit distractions as much as possible," Lewan said. "I think that's what happened to Shedeur Sanders going in the fifth round last year."

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Will Diego Pavia play in the NFL?

Pavia accepted an invitation to the Baltimore Ravens' rookie minicamp, which runs May 1-3.

What were Diego Pavia's college stats?

In 2025, Pavia, 24, was 267-for-378 passing for 3,539 yards and an SEC-best 29 touchdowns while also leading the conference in quarterback rating (170.4), passing percentage (70.6), yards gained per pass attempt (9.4), and adjusted yards gained per pass attempt (9.94). He also ran for 862 yards and 10 touchdowns.

He was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Year while leading the Commodores to the first 10-win season in program history.

In two seasons at Vanderbilt, he was 444-for-676 for 5,832 yards and 49 touchdowns and 12 interceptions passing in 26 games. He ran for 1,663 yards and 18 touchdowns.

Paul Skrbina is a sports enterprise reporter covering the Predators, Titans, Nashville SC, local colleges and local sports for The Tennessean. Reach him at pskrbina@tennessean.com and on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) @paulskrbina.

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