Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia didn’t appear too happy about ending second within the Heisman Trophy voting.
Pavia misplaced out on the Heisman to Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza on Saturday evening. After the ceremony, he reposted an Instagram submit from comic Theo Von to his Instagram story with the caption “F- all of the voters however … household for all times”
Diego Pavia’s post-Heisman ceremony message to Heisman voters. (Instagram)
Pavia apologized on social media on Sunday evening.
“Being part of the Heisman ceremony final evening as a finalist was such an honor,” he wrote, partly. “As a competitor, identical to in all the things I do I wished to win. To be so near my dream and are available up quick was painful. I didn’t deal with these feelings nicely in any respect and didn’t characterize myself the best way I wished to. I’ve a lot love and respect for the Heisman voters and the choice course of, and I apologize for being disrespectful. It was a mistake, and I’m sorry.
“Fernando Mendoza is an elite competitor and a deserving winner of the award. I’ve nothing however respect for his accomplishments in addition to the success that Jeremiyah and Julian had this season.”
Mendoza gained the Heisman after main Indiana to a 13-0 season and the Large Ten title. It’s the winningest season in Indiana historical past and the primary convention title for the varsity since 1967. The Hoosiers are the No. 1 seed within the School Soccer Playoff.
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Pavia, in the meantime, has led an identical season for Vanderbilt. The No. 14 Commodores went 10-2 within the common season as they gained 10 video games for the primary time in class historical past.
Pavia set Vanderbilt’s single-game passing report within the penultimate recreation of the season with 484 yards in opposition to Kentucky and in addition led the staff in dashing yards over the course of the season. There was a robust case to be made for Pavia as a Heisman winner given how his arrival in Nashville forward of the 2024 season has helped invigorate Vanderbilt’s soccer program.
Voters noticed there was a a lot stronger case for Mendoza, nonetheless. And the voting outcomes weren’t all that shut. Mendoza completed with 2,362 factors and 643 first-place votes whereas Pavia had 1,435 factors and 189 first-place votes. Notre Dame operating again Jeremiyah Love was third and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin completed fourth.
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Mendoza’s margin of victory is the largest since 2021, when Alabama QB Bryce Younger had over 1,300 extra factors than Michigan defensive finish Aidan Hutchinson in second.
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