Aguilar also reflected on his journey from junior college to the Southeastern Conference. "It was hard,” he said. “Everything's not easy, but I just stayed faithful to Jesus. I have a tattoo on my ribs, it's Proverbs 3:5-6, 'Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him.'

I was super excited. I mean, coming out here and being a starting quarterback for this program is nothing but excitement, and that's all I can say. I'm just super excited.

The Tennessee Volunteers have their man for the 2025 season in Joey Aguilar. Josh Heupel named him the team's starting quarterback on Sunday night after a battle this month for the job between Aguilar,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Joey Aguilar is half of college football’s wildest flip-flops. When Nico Iamaleava departed Tennessee in April for UCLA, the quarterback left the Bruins to join the Volunteers. Now Aguilar has Iamaleava’s old starting job.

Tennessee starting quarterback Joey Aguilar has been in the spotlight a bunch over the last few weeks, especially with a quarterback competition happening at the start of camp. Aguilar has handled it with grace and has been well prepared since the start.