Diego Pavia wasn’t always a man of faith. When he rolled into New Mexico Military Institute five years ago, teammates were taken aback. Sporting bleached blond hair, earrings, chains around his neck, and a tank top, Pavia was, as then offensive coordinator Chase Kyser described, “[a] 100 percent fit in with ‘Jersey Shore’.” Yet, as the complexities of a college football career and his life got in the way, the quarterback did the one thing he never thought he would: He turned toward God.

In 2022, after arriving at New Mexico State Aggies, Pavia hit rock bottom when the team went 1-5. Not playing at the time, the signal caller felt like everyone around him was writing him off. “It was just like a really, really low moment,” the QB had admitted in an interview in December last ye

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