Diego Pavia

Pavia's rushing ability is immediately evident when watching his film, with quick twitch ability and 4.6 speed. He's not a burner, but he has solid short-area agility with the ability to stop on a dime. He averaged 178 rushing attempts, 862 rushing yards, and 8.3 rushing touchdowns over his final three collegiate seasons. It's not crazy to worry about his health in the NFL at his size if he continues to run as frequently as he did in college. With Pavia's short stature, there are drawbacks to his field vision, like many other height-challenged quarterbacks. The Vandy passing attack was based around quick hitters, screens, and getting Pavia on the move to facilitate his field vision. If he's forced to play from the pocket in the NFL, it could constrict what you're able to do with him, playcalling-wise. Pavia is forced to attempt jump passes at times, and he frequently has passes batted down at the line of scrimmage. Over the last three seasons, he had 26 passes batted down. Pavia embraces off-script chaos. Some of this is likely due to his height and field vision, but some of this is just his inherent play style. He'll flee workable pockets at times where pressure doesn't exist to get outside of the pocket and make something happen with his arm and/or legs. Pavia will drift in the pocket at times instead of stepping up. Pavia has decent touch and zip on short and intermediate throws. He has issues with layering throws at times to the second-level and will sail some second-level throws. His arm strength limitations show up when he's throwing downfield, especially downfield when on the move. Pavia is a max effort thrower. He has the arm strength to make most NFL throws, but his ball placement on deep throws can suffer as a max effort thrower to that area of the field where Pavia is just trying to muster the necessary torque to get it to his receiver. His ball placement suffers on these plays. Pavia can lock onto his first read at times. There are moments where he does operate pure progression concepts and will get to his third or fourth option, but there are more moments in his game film where he'll stick on his first read at times to his detriment.

The Ravens have signed Diego Pavia to a three-year contract.

Fantasy Impact

Pavia was supposed to try out this weekend, but the Ravens signed him in advance. He will compete for a depth role in the Ravens quarterback room.