Pavia Stalemate Exposes Bombers' QB Succession Gap as Collaros Faces Must-Win
Diego Pavia has been Winnipeg property since June 1, 2024 — roughly 29 months of exclusive CFL rights — and per 3DownNation the two sides "have never come close to striking a deal." That's the damning detail. Kyle Walters' April comments about "preliminary conversations" and monitoring Pavia's traje
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Pavia’s neg-list tenure exposes a stalled QB succession hedge
Winnipeg has held Diego Pavia’s exclusive CFL rights since June 1, 2024 — the second-longest tenure on its negotiation list behind Mark Gronowski — yet GM Kyle Walters’ April talks never produced a deal. The 24-year-old All-SEC quarterback is now negotiating with the UFL ahead of its Nov. 18, 2026 draft, leaving Winnipeg with a paper asset while Zach Collaros is 8-9 and facing a win-or-out Week 21.
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Winnipeg's Neg List Is a Graveyard — and Diego Pavia Just Proved It
The Bombers have held Diego Pavia's exclusive CFL rights since June 1, 2024. Twenty-nine months. In that window he went 17-9 at Vanderbilt, finished as a Heisman finalist, threw for 5,832 yards and 49 touchdowns against 12 picks, and ran for another 1,663 and 18 scores — and never got close to a Winnipeg contract. Kyle Walters told reporters in April he'd had "preliminary conversations" with Pavia's reps. Preliminary. Meanwhile Pavia went undrafted in the 2026 NFL Draft, signed with Baltimore, got waived in July, and on Tuesday announced his agent Malki Kawa is negotiating with the UFL ahead of the Nov. 18 draft. He's not coming. He was never coming. Here's what nobody says out loud: Pavia is the *second*-longest-tenured name on that neg list, behind Mark Gronowski — another college star