Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia drops F-bomb on Heisman voters after losing trophy to Fernando Mendoza

While Fernando Mendoza is enjoying his Heisman Trophy triumph arsenic helium prepares for the Indiana Hoosiers’ College Football Playoff run, Vanderbilt backmost Diego Pavia, 1 of the Heisman finalists, is not blessed with however the voters came to their effect connected Saturday night.

Pavia, the Commodores’ seasoned awesome caller, was blunt astir however helium felt astir Mendoza winning successful New York City.

As helium made a station to his Instagram Stories of a photograph with a fewer of his Commodores teammates, Pavia gave his thoughts connected the voters.

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Heisman Trophy campaigner backmost Diego Pavia of the Vanderbilt Commodores talks during a property league earlier the 2025 Heisman Trophy Presentation astatine the Marriott Marquis Hotel connected Dec. 13, 2025 successful New York City. (Adam Hunger/Getty Images)

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

Pavia, 23, finished successful 2nd place, though it was distant aft receiving 189 first-place votes to Mendoza’s 643 votes.

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On Sunday night, Pavia issued an apology connected X.

"Being a portion of the Heisman ceremonial past nighttime arsenic a finalist was specified an honor. As a competitor, conscionable similar successful everything I bash I wanted to win," helium wrote. "To beryllium truthful adjacent to my imagination and travel up abbreviated was painful. I didn’t grip those emotions good astatine each and did not correspond myself the mode I wanted to. I person overmuch emotion and respect for the Heisman voters and the enactment process, and I apologize for being disrespectful. It was a mistake, and I americium sorry. 

"Fernando Mendoza is an elite rival and a deserving victor of the award. I person thing but respect for his accomplishments arsenic good arsenic the occurrence that Jeremiyah and Julian had this season. I’ve been doubted my full life. 

"Every measurement of my travel I’ve had to interruption down doors and combat for myself, due to the fact that Ive learned that thing would beryllium handed to me. My household has ever been successful my corner, and my teammates, coaches and unit person my six. I emotion them — I americium grateful for them. — and I wouldn’t privation thing to distract from that. I look guardant to competing successful beforehand of my household and with my squad 1 much clip successful the ReliaQuest Bowl."

Mendoza led the Hoosiers to a Big Ten Championship triumph implicit Ohio State to enactment undefeated, mounting them up arsenic the No. 1 wide effect successful the College Football Playoff.

However, Mendoza naysayers pointed retired that helium had conscionable 2,980 yards passing, though helium threw for a Big Ten-leading 33 touchdowns with lone six interceptions thrown successful 13 games. Mendoza added six touchdowns connected the crushed arsenic good connected 69 attempts.

Vanderbilt moving backmost Sedrick Alexander (28) celebrates with backmost Diego Pavia (2) aft scoring a touchdown during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Tennessee, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, successful Knoxville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Meanwhile, Pavia, playing successful his 2nd play astatine Vanderbilt aft starting astatine New Mexico State, led the SEC with a 71.2% completion complaint with 27 touchdowns, 3,192 yards passing and 9 rushing scores arsenic well. He rushed for 826 yards connected 152 attempts.

Pavia’s absorption to the voting results isn’t overmuch of a shock, though, arsenic helium has ever been self-confident to the constituent wherever helium kept telling voters to nonstop him to New York City arsenic helium felt helium deserved the Heisman.

Heisman Trophy campaigner backmost Diego Pavia of the Vanderbilt Commodores poses with the Heisman Memorial Trophy earlier the 2025 Heisman Trophy Presentation astatine Marriott Marquis Hotel connected Dec. 13, 2025 successful New York City. (Adam Hunger/Getty Images)

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"The Heisman Trophy victor goes to the champion subordinate successful assemblage football," Pavia said connected OutKick’s "Hot Mic." "I judge that to beryllium myself, you cheque the numbers and particularly — there’s 2 things that don’t prevarication to you: Numbers and tape. I’ve been taught that since I was young, you spell cheque that out. I consciousness similar I’m undoubtedly the champion subordinate successful assemblage football."

Vanderbilt had a 10-2 grounds connected the year, ranking No. 14 nationally astatine the extremity of the season.

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