QB Joey Aguilar commits to UT from portal

[patrick]

Aguilar will start in Atlanta vs Syracuse you just can't start a freshman in a neutral field P4 game to start the season, remember Nate Peterman. I'd almost bet big money he's played a lot of games vs P4 teams at App. I think one of them will play 4 games next season and they will get a chance the 2nd game vs ETSU then we have UGA. After that Gmac or Merk may get some play versus UAB. By this time, they will know whether to go with the portal guy or go all out young. Josh passed on the Notre Dame QB so I think he sees something in Aguilar he likes.

Remember team nico - he was a redshirt frosh too and did “ok” this past season….

 

[patrick]

If he improves as much as he did in the first two years, it will be 43 TD and 6 picks. I can live with that Picks can also be wrong route running. I trust our coach!

He didn’t play as well his second season at App State.

 

[Flogballs]

Just watched Aguilar's game vs Clemson in 2024, and yikes! Risky throws, overthrows, underthrows, INT, not much running... How is this a fit?

and ran out of bounds with the game on the line!

 

[KTrain]

Remember team nico - he was a redshirt frosh too and did “ok” this past season….

4 games we did not score in first half, runs out of bounds vs Arky with no time on clock QB rating of 36 that game was rated 10th at QB in SEC. We won 10 games in spite of Nico, Thanks D & Dylan Sampson.

 

[Volfrombirth1965]

Agreed. Should’ve backed the Brinks truck up for Big Nic and begged for forgiveness.

Get off this site Big Broke Nic.

 

[madbamahater]

Just watched some highlights. Vols need to get another QB through the portal. Just saying. I'll leave it at that no need for me to bash the kid....

 

[C-south]

Nah. I only see your dumbass posts on the last page of a thread.

That’s why you’re asking me questions.

 

[C-south]

Just watched some highlights. Vols need to get another QB through the portal. Just saying. I'll leave it at that no need for me to bash the kid....

Any suggestions?

 

[patrick]

4 games we did not score in first half, runs out of bounds vs Arky with no time on clock QB rating of 36 that game was rated 10th at QB in SEC. We won 10 games in spite of Nico, Thanks D & Dylan Sampson.

I agree that Nico wasn’t great shakes and Sampson and Defense carried the Vols to the playoff.

You are missing the point entirely. Several on this board and in other social media saying there is no way you play a redshirt freshman QB in the SEC and no way Heupel would trust a redshirt freshmen to start at QB —— well that is just a load of horse excrement. Heupel in fact did just that with nico - and nico was average even with his “arm talent/strength” but managed to do ok-average as an SEC QB.

 

[madbamahater]

What happened with Angeli?

Fuhgeddaboudit

 

[madbamahater]

Any suggestions?

Any other QB willing to come to Knoxville

 

[madbamahater]

Is this JG 2.0?

 

[OrangeInKy]

I'm not excited about it either, but it's what we've got so I'm gonna try to hope for the best.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Is this JG 2.0?

I don't see Jon Gruden comparisons

 

[Volnuck]

I hope all 3 of the qb’s go through the summer working together and then have a great competition in the fall. They will all 3 be better qb’s by the fall and Tennessee will be a better team. GO VOLS!!!!

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Any other QB willing to come to Knoxville

You're so full of hateful shat

 

[OrangeTsar]

He didn’t play as well his second season at App State.

I Just Hope he thinks quickly. I want to get back to pedal to the metal tempo like we did under Hendon. It has been depressing watching the play clock wind all the way down on snaps the last two years

 

[Volanta]

Stats

CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	RTG
218	390	55.9	3,003	7.7	23	14	83	132.9
293	460	63.7	3,757	8.2	33	10	77	151.6

24 picks in 2 seasons. SEC DBs will eat him alive.

Ehhh maybe not. If CJH can get him sorted out.

 

[Volanta]

Nope

Transferred from Appy St in December

Wow ucla. That was cold blooded

 

[allstar34bd]

I think he gets beat out in Practice.
Merk #1
then the extra point holder #2
GMAC #3

 

[LadyVolette]

I think he gets beat out in Practice.
Merk #1
then the extra point holder #2
GMAC #3

We’ll see.. I think competition is actually a good thing in this situation.. but we have a long history of practice superstars vs gametime ballers

 

[Rocky Top T]

Any other QB willing to come to Knoxville

We found one.

 

[Vols till I fall]

Alright let's ride. Kinda reminds me of a Hendon hooker type pick up.

Upperclassmen with a good amount of reps. Think he fits the system

 

[Vols till I fall]

We’ll see.. I think competition is actually a good thing in this situation.. but we have a long history of practice superstars vs gametime ballers

Jonathan Crompton was a Heisman winning candidate in practice

 

[cgrish]

Not convinced he's better than Merklinger. Lots of turnovers.

Well looks like to no qb competition. He has the starting position or else he would not have transferred. We will probably lose Merk or Mac one, which either of them has much more potential than this one, and he will only be here one year, and then we have a no playing time new qb for next year. I hope I am wrong on this.