Diego Pavia might still have a shot in the NFL

Vanderbilt star quarterback Diego Pavia just became the first Heisman finalist not to get drafted in the past 12 years.

Critics of the 5-foot-10, 207-pound signal-caller had major concerns about his size and maturity, and not even leading the Commodores to a 10-win season was enough to make teams look the other way.

Even so, the Baltimore Ravens still invited him to their mini-camp the weekend after the NFL Draft.

While he may not have much of a chance to start for Jesse Minter's team or maybe even beat Tyler Huntley for the backup spot, ESPN insider Adam Schefter reported that this might actually lead to other auditions for him, given that other teams are still keeping tabs on his situation.

Other NFL teams might be interested in Diego Pavia

“The Ravens mini-camp is this weekend, but there are other teams that have mini-camps the next weekend. And there’s other teams that want to bring him in if the Ravens don’t sign him, so there’s already a couple that want to bring him in also. So he’s got a couple invitations,” Schefter revealed on "The Pat McAfee Show." 

Pavia's demeanor raised some eyebrows throughout the pre-draft process, and while NFL teams will gladly look the other way for can't-miss guys, that's not the case with someone as physically limited as him.

Even in a class that was particularly thin at quarterback, multiple teams chose to roll the dice on players who may not have had the strong season he had, but clearly had higher upside.

Making the NFL was always a long shot for the Vanderbilt product, regardless of his meteoric rise in his final year in college.

Still, perhaps he can be a backup in the right circumstances, but it will all depend on how he carries himself and how he approaches the process.