Star quarterback Diego Pavia will make perhaps his final home start when No. 14 Vanderbilt takes on Kentucky on Saturday afternoon in Southeastern Conference play at Nashville, Tenn.

Barring a surprise home playoff game, this figures to be the last time the Heisman Trophy candidate plays for the Commodores in Music City. He's sung a winning tune since his arrival in 2024, turning a 2-10 program in 2023 into a team competing for an at-large spot in the College Football Playoff this season.

"He'll be someone who will be in conversations for the next 50 years here," Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea said of Pavia. "So it will be an opportunity to watch a guy that is a Heisman contender for a reason, that we believe is the best player in the country, that has earned the right to have people paying

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