Aguilar started his career being named the Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year in 2023. He ended that season with MVP honors of the Cure Bowl, where he threw for 211 yards and rushed for a touchdown in a win over Miami (OH). In 2024, he was an All-Sun Belt honorable mention after starting 11 games.

The Tennessee Volunteers have their guy for the 2025 season. Josh Heupel tabbed UCLA/App State transfer Joey Aguilar as the team's starting quarterback on Sunday night. As my colleague Zach Ragan aptly pointed out,

Tennessee football coach Josh Heupel may have trimmed the quarterback competition from three players to two. Here's what he said.

Bowl season is still a ways away, but that doesn't mean that predictions can't be made. Coming off a 5-7 inaugural season in the Big Ten, the base-level expectation for DeShaun Foster and the UCLA Bruins is to make a bowl game this season.