Diego Pavia could be NFL’s shortest QB since 1960s

Quarterback Diego Pavia measured 5-foot-9 and 7/8 inches tall at the Senior Bowl, falling far short of the generous 6-foot height listed this season by Vanderbilt.

If the 2025 Heisman Trophy runner-up and 2026 draft prospect makes it to the NFL, he would become the league's shortest signal-caller since the 1960s.

Pavia is shorter than the Carolina Panthers' Bryce Young and Arizona Cardinals' Kyler Murray (both measured 5-foot-10 and 1/8 inches before they were drafted). He's even shorter than the 5-10 Doug Flutie...