The Baltimore Ravens have already reached a verdict on one of their most talked-about undrafted rookie signings
The Baltimore Ravens’ Diego Pavia experiment is over before ever really getting started.
The Baltimore Ravens have plenty of questions about their 2026 team. One area they don’t have much questions is at quarterback — where Lamar Jackson is still the man.
There’s now one less question about who Jackson will be sharing his quarterback room with for the 2026 season, too. After much pomp and circumstance about his undrafted rookie signing this spring, the Baltimore Ravens announced they’ve released 2025 Heisman Trophy runner-up Diego Pavia.
The Baltimore Ravens’ Diego Pavia experiment comes to a close
The decision to release Pavia comes as the Ravens make room on their offseason roster for center Ethan Pocic. The addition of Pocic as a starting caliber center came as a great relief to many Ravens fans, who watched Baltimore fail to secure a Tyler Linderbaum replacement in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Pavia, as it turns out, was the fifth quarterback in the Ravens’ pecking order. His release ahead of training camp leaves the Ravens with plenty of arm talent still in the room to survive the rigors of training camp. With veterans reporting to camp all across the league, the undrafted rookie out of Vanderbilt is going to have his hands full trying to find a new gig.
His release does offer a valuable lesson in contract reporting, too. When Pavia signed with the Ravens, it was reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter that he was signing a “three-year deal”. That’s pretty status-quo for undrafted rookie contracts, although that was the first time I can remember reading it in the report of the deal. The terms didn’t help Pavia find any additional security with Baltimore. But his release does help the Ravens secure themselves a starting center.
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