Vanderbilt Commodores quarterback Diego Pavia defended his brother’s actions after multiple arrests this season. Pavia’s brother, Javier, was arrested at a Vanderbilt–Tennessee game at Neyland Stadium for public intoxication.
According to WSMV, Javier was blocking the view of a fan with a flag, and despite multiple requests, he refused to lower the flag. Earlier, during the game against Charleston Southern, Javier was charged for the same reason, while his older brother, Roel, faced an assault-on-an-officer charge.
In the wake of these arrests, Diego has blamed the locality they are from while defending the actions of his brother.
“The thing is, Albuquerque is like a real-life GTA (the “Grand Theft Auto” video game series), so it’s always been kind of like normal to us, you know,” Pavia said on Bussin’ With The Boys. “And these have been the first two years where it’s been like, alright, we have to chill out.”
College football analyst Dan Dakich is not buying this explanation from the Commodores quarterback. He slammed the quarterback and his brother, saying:
“Yeah, I don’t give a s*it about the history of those idiots. They’re gonna be out of the public consciousness soon enough. But the truth of the matter is, they’re idiots, and it isn’t coming from that Albuquerque crap. I came from Gary, Indiana, the Wild Wild West, murder capital of the United States. And, you know, everybody drinks, steelworkers’ bars are open at whatever time; the second shift is at 6 in the morning. Doesn’t give any excuse to act like a dumba**. Doesn’t give an excuse for your mother to act like some hoo*hie girl.”
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— OutKick (@Outkick) December 4, 2025
Diego Pavia’s Director To Brothers Regarding Celebration
Diego Pavia also shared why he’s not stopping his brothers from drinking or getting into trouble. This has to do with his experience last season. His brothers went wild after Pavia & Co. defeated Alabama in 2024, but when the quarterback tried to control their celebration, Vanderbilt started losing games.
“I think that’s the best part about them. Well, this is the other (reason) why I let them be them,” Pavia said. “So last year (after) we beat Alabama and we’re going on a crazy run, (and against) Kentucky they were running wild too, and then it was like, ‘Hey, we need to calm down, everything is getting out of control.’ Ever since that day, (before) we were 5-2, we only won one other game against Auburn and we barely slipped by.”
Given how the 2024 season ended, Pavia gave the freedom to his brothers to celebrate as much as they wanted, as this, in turn, indirectly helps the Commodores win games.
“And they weren’t drinking, nothing. I was like, ‘You know what, f*** it, next year get hammered as much as you want,” Pavia added. “That’s the only time we win.’ And you know what, my brother only stayed sober for the Alabama game and the Texas game. Dead a**.”
While Pavia is defending his brother, the quarterback is receiving backlash from the media.
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