Ravens coach lays challenge to Diego Pavia after team signed him as undrafted free agent

The Baltimore Ravens opened the doorway for polarizing undrafted backmost Diego Pavia to vie for a roster spot aft the squad signed him to a contract.

Ravens caput manager Jesse Minter enactment the shot successful Pavia’s hands to marque the last roster earlier the summertime is finished.

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Vanderbilt Commodores backmost Diego Pavia walks disconnected the tract against the Charleston Southern Buccaneers during the 2nd fractional astatine FirstBank Stadium successful Nashville, Tenn., connected Aug. 30, 2025. (Steve Roberts/Imagn Images)

"So present he's successful the doorway and it's like, 'Show america what you tin do,’" Minter told reporters connected Saturday, via ESPN. "And conscionable similar each the undrafted rookies, that's what I would say."

Pavia volition apt beryllium competing for the 3rd spot connected the backmost extent chart. Former UConn Huskies backmost Joe Fagnano is besides connected the roster. Lamar Jackson is the starting backmost and Tyler Huntley is his backup, arsenic of now.

The SEC Offensive Player of the Year had 3,539 passing yards and 29 touchdowns arsenic helium helped enactment the Commodores backmost connected the map. Vanderbilt was 10-3 past play and astir made the College Football Playoff.

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Baltimore Ravens manager Jesse Minter attends the NFL Scouting Combine astatine the Indiana Convention Center successful Indianapolis, Ind., connected Feb. 24, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

Pavia finished 2nd successful the Heisman Trophy voting, losing to Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza – who would spell connected to beryllium the No. 1 prime successful the draft. Pavia was besides successful the draught excavation but teams’ nonaccomplishment to prime him during the three-day lawsuit triggered immoderate unfortunate history.

When Pavia finished 2nd to Mendoza, helium blasted Heisman Trophy voters.

"F-All the voters," helium wrote with a thumbs-down emoji. "But…family for life."

He aboriginal apologized for the societal media outburst.

The ex-Vandy prima was the archetypal Heisman Trophy finalist to not get drafted since 2014. The past idiosyncratic to autumn into the class was erstwhile Northern Illinois backmost Jordan Lynch, who was a Heisman Trophy finalist successful 2013, finishing 3rd successful the voting.

Vanderbilt Commodores backmost Diego Pavia holds up a bosom awesome arsenic helium leaves the crippled against the Kentucky Wildcats during the 2nd fractional astatine FirstBank Stadium successful Nashville, Tenn., connected Nov. 22, 2025. (Steve Roberts/Imagn Images)

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"(Pavia has) had immoderate experiences that are learning experiences that helium could larn from and beryllium amended from. I don't deliberation anybody would quality that," Minter said. "But erstwhile you speech to the radical wrong that gathering (at Vanderbilt) and what he's astir arsenic a player, helium is showing up aboriginal each time and moving truly hard."