For Diego Pavia , Saturday night was supposed to be about football glory, but it ended in booking logs. The sixth-year senior diced up Charleston Southern for 275 yards and three touchdowns, sprinkling in 44 rushing yards as the Commodores cruised 45-3. The fireworks seemed like the perfect launchpad for a quarterback chasing one more SEC dream season. Yet as Pavia walked off FirstBank Stadium’s turf to a chorus of cheers, a darker subplot was already unfolding beyond the bleachers.

Just before midnight on August 30, Metro Nashville police booked Pavia’s brothers, Roel Pavia and Javier Pavia , on charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest. Both siblings were released after roughly five hours in custody, but not before the incident splashed across local news, turning a vic

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