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MOBILE, Ala. — Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia was talking about his height — he was measured at just 5 feet, 9 inches at the Senior Bowl— when he argued there are successful NFL quarterbacks who aren’t that much taller than him.
Did the Heisman Trophy runner-up mean Bears quarterback Caleb Williams?
“What is he, like 6-1?” Pavia said with a smile. “I think that’s tall.”
Williams carries himself like someone even bigger. Pavia tries to do the same.
Neither has ever been short of confidence.
“I’ve never met him, but I think he’s got that mindset that, ‘No one can touch me on this field because I’m the best player — every time, I tilt the field my way .