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Joey Aguilar had tumor on arm during Tennessee football 2025 season, per report
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Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar underwent successful surgery on Jan. 2 to remove a benign tumor on his arm, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported.
According to the report, Aguilar had suffered through arm weakness and pain during the Vols' 2025 season because of the tumor that pressed on his biceps tendon and labrum. It'll take eight weeks for him recover.
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Aguilar's condition had not been disclosed to the public.
Aguilar is in limbo between potentially declaring for the 2026 NFL Draft and a lawsuit, filed by Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia against the NCAA in federal court , that could give him an additional year of college elgibility.
Aguilar led the SEC in passing yards during the 2025 regular season. He finished with 3,565 yards passing, the third-most in Vols history, during his lone season at UT following a loss to Illinois in the Music City Bowl.
Aguilar, 24, has already spent seven years in college football, but only three seasons at NCAA member schools.
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In 2019, Aguilar redshirted at City College of San Francisco. In 2020, the COVID pandemic canceled his junior college season there. In 2021-22, he played two junior college seasons at Diablo Valley College.
Then Aguilar's NCAA career began. In 2023-24, he played at Appalachian State. He transferred to UCLA for spring 2025, and then he transferred to Tennessee in an essential quarterback swap involving Nico Iamaleava .
Adam Sparks is the Tennessee football beat reporter. Email adam.sparks@knoxnews.com . X, formerly known as Twitter @AdamSparks . Support strong local journalism by subscribing at knoxnews.com/subscribe .
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