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Joey Aguilar details building connections with Tennessee teammates
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Senior quarterback Joey Aguilar met with media on Tuesday for the first time since transferring to Tennessee . He transferred to the Vols from UCLA after spring practices.
The 6-foot-3, 225-pound signal-caller played at Appalachian State from 2023-24 and never appeared in a game at UCLA .
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"It's been amazing," Aguilar said of his time at Tennessee. "Ever since I got here, coaches, players and the community have welcomed me."
He discussed becoming accumulated to Tennessee's playbook after not competing in spring practices .
"I came in with a short amount of time learning the playbook," Aguilar said. "My goal was to be here every day as much as possible and get those things down, details of the playbook, and just watch film from last season to see how things are ran. Coaches have helped me out a lot."
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Aguilar also discussed building connections with his Tennessee teammates since he arrived in May.
"The connection is the biggest thing," he said. "You got to build trust. I have to have trust in them, and they have to have trust in me.
"Coming from App State, it was kind of like a tradition to take your guys out. I kind of wanted to bring that here. Bring the o-line out, the receivers out, different times, because if I bring everyone out at once, that bill is going to be crazy. I take everyone out at different times. Just the connection, really the brotherhood, football lasts a certain amount of time, we're really building a connection for future life."
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