Joey Aguilar has been in the middle of one of college football’s most compelling offseason narratives, a quarterback soap opera that unfolded throughout the SEC and Pac-12. Joey Aguilar, straight off a record-breaking stint at Appalachian State, is becoming the man charged with guiding Tennessee’s offense. Aguilar’s ascension wasn’t one of gradual, cautious development. Rather, he’s made a point of being tossed headfirst into the fray. At App State, after replacing the injured starter in the opener, he threw a 32-yard touchdown on his first FBS play. From there, he had several multi-TD games, became the third-most productive single-season touchdown passer in Sun Belt history.
The Tennessee move put Aguilar firmly in the spotlight, and, let’s be honest, on the hot seat. After all, this isn’t any SEC program. This is Tennessee, where patience is in short supply, and quarterbacks are heroes or cautionary tales. Here, he’s one of the team’s top offseason additions, and there’s already chatter about whether he’s “more advanced” than former Vols QB Hendon Hooker. But things are not looking that simple for him. “I think it’s important, we talk about it at the beginning of every year, you earn everything in this game… That’s certainly true at the quarterback position,” Josh Heupel says on the SEC Media Days about the Tennessee QB battle.
Josh Heupel on the QB battle:
“I think it’s important, we talk about it at the beginning of every year, you earn everything in this game… That’s certainly true at the quarterback position.” https://t.co/axGVtVHFXM
— Rocky Top Insider (@rockytopinsider) July 15, 2025
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