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Jersey Number 6
Joey Aguilar
- Position:
- QB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 225
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Antioch, Calif.
- High School:
- Freedom
- Prev School:
- Diablo Valley CC/App State
CAREER HONORS
2025 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch ListManning Award Star of the Week (vs. Syracuse, 9/2)
2024 All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention
2023 Cure Bowl MVP
2023 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year
2023 All-Sun Belt Second Team
CAREER
Veteran graduate transfer quarterback who was named Tennessee’s starter on Aug. 17, 2025 after winning the job in fall camp … In his fifth season of college football after transferring from UCLA and a record-breaking two years at Appalachian State … Spent the spring at UCLA before enrolling at Tennessee in June 2025, arrived in Knoxville in May … Originally began his career at City College of San Francisco and then transferred to Diablo Valley Community College in Pleasant Hill, California … Shattered six single-season records at App State … Compiled 8,373 yards of total offense at the FBS level … In 29 FBS games, completed 589-of-967 passes (60.9 percent) for 7,884 yards and 68 touchdowns with 27 interceptions … Has rushed for 489 yards on 154 attempts with six rushing scores … Thrown for over 200 yards in all 28 starts of his career with seven 300-yard games and one 400- yard game … In two years at App State, produced 22 touchdown passes to either tie the game or give his team the lead … Ranks fifth in career touchdown passes (56) and fifth in passing yards (6,760) at App State … Is the FBS active career leader in total offense per game (288.7, minimum 2,500 yards) and passing yards per game (271.9, minimum 5,000 yards) … Played in 29 FBS games with 28 starts (16-12 record) ... Earned his undergraduate degree in communication studies from App State in May 2025.2025 - SENIOR (FIFTH YEAR)
Entering Week 5, ranks in the top-20 nationally in passing touchdowns (12 - t-3rd), passing efficiency (176.08 - 12th), passing yards (1,124 - 13th) and passing yards/game (281.0 - 19th) ... His 12 passing TDs are tied with Peyton Manning (1997) for the third most through four games in program history, two behind Tyler Bray (14 in 2012) and one behind Heath Shuler (13 in 1993) ... Continued his impressive start to the year with another efficient performance in win vs. UAB (9/20), completing 15 of 21 pass attempts for 218 yards and three touchdowns ... Showcased his playmaking ability in SEC debut vs. No. 6 Georgia (9/13), completing 24 of 36 passes for 371 yards and tying a career high with four touchdowns while adding another score on the ground ... His 371 passing yards tied Peyton Manning (10/12/96) for the most ever by a UT player in a game against Georgia ... Three of his four passing TDs against the Bulldogs were 32 yards or longer, including 56-yard and 72-yard connections with Chris Brazzell II ... Posted the third-most consecutive completions in a game by a Tennessee quarterback with his 14-of-14 start against the Bulldogs ... Per ESPN Insights, Aguilar is the first SEC quarterback to go 14-of-14 (or better) in any quarter over the last 20 seasons (2006-25) ... Was extremely efficient in just one half of work in his Neyland Stadium debut vs. ETSU (9/6), leading UT to 48 first-half points while completing 23-of-31 pass attempts for 288 yards and two touchdowns, including a 53-yarder to Mike Matthews in the second quarter ... Impressed in his Tennessee debut, leading the Vols to 493 yards of total offense in a 45-26 victory over Syracuse (8/30) in the Aflac Kickoff Game ... Was 16-28 for 247 yards and three touchdowns through the air against the Orange, including a 73- yard deep ball for a score to Braylon Staley early in the second quarter, marking the third longest completion of his career and the longest completion by an SEC player in Week 1 ... Added 34 yards on six carries to finish with 281 yards of total offense for the game.2024 - SENIOR (APP STATE)
An All-Sun Belt honorable mention selection in his second straight year as the starting quarterback … Started all 11 games … Finished with 3,003 passing yards and 23 touchdowns on 390 attempts, with an average of 273.0 passing yards per game … Also rushed for 207 yards on 59 attempts with two scores … Had a career-high 424 yards on 32 completions against ECU (9/14), while also throwing two touchdown passes … Finished that contest against the Pirates with 452 yards of total offense … Tied his career high of four touchdown passes in a game against Old Dominion and was 13-of-24 for 212 yards through the air (11/2) … Notched 300-yard total offense games against ETSU (345 on 8/31), ECU (452 on 9/14), Marshall (348 on 10/5), Georgia State (307 on 10/26) and Georgia Southern (304 on 11/30) … Logged a career-long 83-yard touchdown pass against ETSU (8/31).2023 - JUNIOR (APP STATE)
The 2023 Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year in his first year as the starting quarterback … Played in all 14 games and started the final 13 … Broke App State’s single-season record for touchdown passes in the regular-season finale (finished at 33), broke the school’s single-season passing yardage record in the Sun Belt Championship Game (finished at 3,757) and set a school record with 4,002 yards of total offense … Threw 33 touchdown passes in the regular season, ending that 12-game span trailing only LSU Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels and Oregon’s Bo Nix on the list of FBS passing touchdown leaders … His 15 touchdown passes to either tie a game or give his team a lead led the country ... Completed 294-of-461 passes (64 percent) to average 268.4 passing yards per game and totaled 36 touchdowns through the air for the season … Also rushed for 249 yards on 81 attempts with three rushing scores … Fired the third-most single-season TD passes (33) in Sun Belt history … Earned Cure Bowl MVP honors by scoring on a 9-yard touchdown and throwing for 211 yards (including 147 in the first half) in a 13-9 victory against Miami (Ohio) (12/16) played in a downpour … After replacing the injured starter in the first half of the season opener vs. Gardner-Webb (9/2), threw a 32-yard TD pass on his first FBS play and finished the game with four TD passes while completing 11-of-13 throws for 174 yards … Made first career start at No. 17 UNC and had two TD passes while throwing for 275 yards in a two-overtime loss … Earned Davey O’Brien Great 8 and Manning Award Stars of the Week recognition following his 318-yard, three-touchdown performance in the win against previously unbeaten James Madison (11/18), a win that ended with a touchdown pass in overtime … Had multiple TD passes in all but two regular season games, with four TDs apiece against Gardner-Webb, Southern Miss and Georgia Southern.2021-22 - JUNIOR COLLEGE (DIABLO VALLEY)
Played two seasons at Diablo Valley Community College in central California, northeast of San Francisco … In 2022, completed 126-of-197 passes (64.0 percent) for 1,446 yards with eight touchdowns and four interceptions in six games … Also rushed 65 times for 358 yards (59.7 yards per game) … Threw for more than 300 yards in two games and at least 242 yards in four of six games … In 10 games in 2021, completed 102-of-182 passes (56.0 percent) for 1,546 yards with 13 touchdowns and six interceptions … Added 261 rushing yards with two scores.HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
In final two prep seasons at Freedom High School, threw for 5,575 yards with 59 touchdowns and 14 interceptions … Threw 32 touchdown passes as a senior, when he passed for 3,074 yards … First-team All-Bay 6 two years in a row … Played for coach Gavin Cribb at Diablo Valley and Zach Sims at Freedom … Earned his undergraduate degree in communication studies from App State in May 2025 ... Parents are Jose and Lydia Aguilar … X handle is @Jooey16_ and Instagram handle is @joeyaguilar_4FB | Josh Heupel Press Conference (10.1.25)
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