A twinge of sympathy struck in the moment, sitting in Vanderbilt’s McGugin Center last month, listening to Diego Pavia talk about turning down significant money at Nevada to play his final collegiate season at Vanderbilt instead.
“That’s gonna come when I go to the NFL,” Pavia said then of the money. “That’s my dream goal. This was my best opportunity for that, the best way for me to get there.”
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That seemed such a misunderstanding of his own limitations. Now it sounds like an understatement. Tell me this folk hero who just put 40 on No. 1 Alabama won’t be a Pro Football Hall of Fame lock by 30 and NFL
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