Joey Aguilar
QB
#17
Experience: R
Height: 6-3
Age: 24
Weight: 225 lbs
College: Tennessee
Biography
KEY TRANSACTIONS
- Signed by Jacksonville as an undrafted free agent on 4/26/26
KEY TRANSACTIONS
- Signed by Jacksonville as an undrafted free agent on 4/26/26
COLLEGE
- Finished his collegiate career at Tennessee (2025) after spending time at Appalachian State (2023-24) and Diablo Valley Community College (2021-22)
- Compiled 10,878 yards of total offense at the FBS level – 7,212 at App State and 3,666 at Tennessee – and averaged 286.3 yards per game
- In 38 FBS games, completed 783-of-1,254 passes (62.4 percent) for 10,325 yards and 80 touchdowns, along with 210 rushes for 553 yards and nine scores
- Started all 13 games for Tennessee in 2025 and completed 272-of-404 passes for 3,565 yards and 24 touchdowns to go with 71 rushes for 101 yards and four touchdowns
- Became the second player in school history to lead the SEC in passing yards per game, and also ranked second in the SEC in passing efficiency and fourth in total offense
- Named All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention in 2024 after starting 11 games and finishing with 3,003 passing yards and 23 touchdowns on 390 attempts and 207 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 59 attempts
- Set Appalachian State records in single-season touchdown passes (33), passing yards (3,757) and total yards of offense (4,0002) in 2023 and was named Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year
PERSONAL
- Attended Freedom High School (Calif.)
- In his final two prep seasons, threw for 5,575 yards with 59 touchdowns and 14 interceptions
- Threw 32 touchdown passes as a senior, when he passed for 3,074 yards
- Named First-Team All-Bay 6 two years in a row
- Earned his undergraduate degree in communication studies from App State in May 2025
- During COVID in 2020, nearly gave up football to become a firefighter
- Did not start playing quarterback until his freshman year of high school