In another university football first involving TennesseeFlights are part of a quarter -of -the -quarter business in the transfer window of the transfer portal. With Nico Iamaleava go towards UCLA After its disorderly public separation with the program, Tennessee puts an end in search of a quarter of transfer with Joey Aguilarthe two -year starter for Appearance state who went to the UCLA in the winter portal window and which was to be the starter of the Bruins in 2025. Govools247 may confirm that Aguilar should be transferred to Tennessee, as reported for the first time by Chris Low d’Espn Monday evening.
Aguilar, who totaled 6,760 yards by the pass and 56 affected with 24 interceptions for the mountaineers as a starter in 2023 and 2024, entered the portal on Monday after Iamaleava officially engaged in the UCLA on Sunday, and Josh Heupel And flights quickly moved to solidify the most important position on the field for the coming season.
The 6 inches and 220 pounds will join Freshman Redsirt Jake Merklinger and recruit George Macintyre By finishing the quarter room while the flights move in life after Iamaleava.
Aguilar has an eligibility season to stay. Faizon BrandonGlobal player n ° 1 of the 2026 recruitment cycle by 247Sports next season.
It was the newcomer of the year of the Sun Belt 2023 conference and established the records of a single season of the Appalachians for the yards by the pass (3,757), the touching passers -by (33), the total offensive (4,002), the completions (293) and the attempts (460) during his first season after being transferred from Diablo Valley Community College in his Native California, where he played two seasons.
Aguilar ranked 11th in the FBS by passing (273 yards per game) last season, but saw his passer note drop by almost 20 points and his total interception increase from 10 to 14. He was transferred to UCLA During the winter window and went through the spring ball with the Bruins. Aguilar has been assessed a three-star transfer of 247sports and is currently the quarter-rear of portal n ° 81 throughout the 2025 cycle.
He ended his state career of the two -year -old appearances in the history of the program in the yards by passers -by and the affected who pass behind three and four years starting, and he launched for at least 200 yards in the 24 runners with six 300 yards and a 400 yards match against last season against Caroline de l’Est. Aguilar also had four four -affected games. He launched 22 Touché passes to equalize the match or give Mountaineers advance during his career in Boone.
The 33 Aguilar Touchi passes in the regular season in 2023 only followed Jayden Daniels And Bo Nix Among the quarters of FBS, and it was the MVP of Cure Bowl after launching for 211 yards and marked a hit in the victory of the Appalachian State against Miami (Ohio) in a downpour. He ranked 21 at the national level by the way (268.4 yards per game) and 26th in the FBS in the smuggler (151.62) while finishing 64% of his passes. The Mountaineers collected an average of 40.4 points per game in a sequence of five game victories which won a place in the Sun Belt championship match (where they lost to Troy), and Aguilar knew 17 affected and four interceptions in this period.
After he did not win the departure position for his first season at the FBS level, Aguilar replaced the injured Ryan Berger And launched a pass of 32 -yards during his first game – his first of the four scores during the 2023 opener against Gardner -Webb.
In his first career start opposite North Carolina star Drake Maye In Chapel Hill, Aguilar launched two Touché passes and launched 275 yards in a double extension defeat. Later in the season James Madison. He had four affected matches against Georgie Southern And Southern Miss.
Aguilar was an honorable mention of the entirely Sun belt last season, launching 3,003 yards with 23 affected and 14 interceptions, and he launched 15 passes in touch in the last six games of the season while the state of the Appalachians went 5-6 and missed the playoffs.
Once he has joined thefts, he will only have a few months and no spring practice to learn the Tennessee offensive, adapt to the program culture and adapt to a new team and new Pass-Porteurs, although he had to go through this to the UCLA after his first transfer since last season.
