After falling short in the Heisman Trophy race, Diego Pavia slammed the door on his way out.
The Vanderbilt quarterback sent a flagrant message to voters after Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza took home the prestigious award on Saturday night in New York City.
Reposting a photo of himself posing with a few of his Commodores’ teammates, Pavia stamped a harsh message to those who he believed snubbed him of the bronze hardware.
“F- all the voters, but family for life,” Pavia wrote, accompanied by a thumbs down emoji.
The 23-year-old signal caller finished in a distant second place to the overwhelming frontrunner Mendoza, who lifted the Hoosiers to a perfect 13–0 record, a Big Ten title and the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff.
Out of 930 ballots, Mendoza collected a total of 643 first-place votes compared to Pavia’s 189.
Pavia’s vulgar reaction is far from shocking; In November, the self-assured field general punctuated his Heisman case by proclaiming that both his stats and tape reflect “undoubtedly the best player in college football.”
“Well, the Heisman Trophy winner goes to the best player in college football,” Pavia said during a recent taping of Hot Mic w/ Hutton & Withrow.” “I believe that to be myself, you check the numbers and especially — there’s two things that don’t lie to you: Numbers and tape. I’ve been taught that since I was young, you go check that out. I feel like I’m undoubtedly the best player in college football.”
While Pavia — who threw for 3,192 yards, 27 touchdowns and eight interceptions while lifting the Commodores to a 10–2 record and a No. 14 national ranking — may have outperformed both Mendoza and Ohio State’s Julian Sayin from a yardage standpoint, he threw fewer touchdowns and more interceptions than either QB.
His 71.2 percent completion rate ranked last among the three.
Perhaps Pavia’s unwavering hubris also played a role in deterring voters from casting their support — long before he told them to buzz off.
