On Tuesday, he earned a preseason honor by being selected to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award preseason watchlist ahead of the 2025 season. He was one of 58 quarterbacks to get selected to the preseason watchlist The award is presented to the top senior or upperclassman quarterback who is on track to graduate with his class.

Senior Joey Aguilar was named Tennessee’s starting quarterback on Sunday following two scrimmages in fall training camp. He transferred to the Vols from UCLA in May and did not participate in Tennessee's spring football practices.

Josh Heupel has a new starting quarterback for his 24th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers. Joey Aguilar has come through the transfer portal to earn the job for the season opener Aug. 30 against Syracuse in Atlanta.

Tennessee football has proven talent on defense, intriguing transfers on offense and valuable specialists on the 2025 team. Let’s rank them 1 to 25.