{"id":622497,"date":"2026-02-28T14:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/622497\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T14:53:13","slug":"joey-aguilar-reacts-to-losing-eligibility-lawsuit-against-the-ncaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/622497\/","title":{"rendered":"Joey Aguilar reacts to losing eligibility lawsuit against the NCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joey Aguilar<\/a><\/strong> described the transition as both \u201cquick\u201d and \u201csuper fast.\u201d In a matter of days he went from a courtroom looking for another year of eligibility as Tennessee football\u2019s<\/a> quarterback to starting his journey toward the NFL.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aguilar, who was granted a temporary restraining order in his lawsuit against the NCAA, was denied a preliminary injunction on Friday, one that would\u2019ve given him another year with the Vols.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By Tuesday he was in Indianapolis for the NFL Scouting Combine, moving on to what\u2019s next in his football career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked God for an answer,\u201d Aguilar told reporters on Friday<\/a>, \u201cand He gave me that. So I was prepared to take either step, whether that was to go back to Tennessee or continue my career and pursue the NFL. So I was ready. I\u2019m excited for this journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joey Aguilar filed lawsuit against NCAA for another year of eligibility<\/p>\n

Aguilar threw for 3,565 yards and 24 touchdowns in 13 games as Tennessee\u2019s starting quarterback.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His lawsuit against the NCAA argued that he should have another season of eligibility after playing three seasons of Division I football. He spent two seasons at Appalachian State before transferring to Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Aguilar played junior college football before transferring up to Appalachian State, where he threw for 6,760 yards, 56 touchdowns and 24 interceptions in two seasons with the Mountaineers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything happens for a reason,\u201d Aguilar said on Friday. \u201cThey granted me a TRO, so I was out there practicing like I was coming back. Then the judge declined my request. It is what it is. Like I said, I\u2019m excited to pursue this next chapter of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aguilar was previously one of 26 plaintiffs that were added to the\u00a0Diego Pavia<\/a>\u00a0lawsuit, which last year won the Vanderbilt quarterback another season of eligibility because of his JUCO past.<\/p>\n

He was granted voluntary dismissal from the Pavia suit, then hired his own representation before taking the lawsuit to Knox County Court on February 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018I finally got the answer that I was waiting for\u2019<\/p>\n

Aguilar told reporters he is currently finishing up shoulder rehab, after having surgery in early January to remove a benign tumor that was pushing on his bicep and labrum, forcing him to play through pain late last season.<\/p>\n

NFL Network\u2019s Ian Rapoport<\/strong> reported on January 2 that full recovery was expected to take eight weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aguilar said the focus now is getting healthy and earning his next opportunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWaiting around gets a little stressful,\u201d Aguilar said, \u201cbut I finally got the answer that I was waiting for. And that\u2019s to pursue the NFL now. I can put all of my focus into that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joey Aguilar described the transition as both \u201cquick\u201d and \u201csuper fast.\u201d In a matter of days he went…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":622498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1318,1317,1315,1316,1718,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-622497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-ncaafootball","12":"tag-regwall","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116148830580445640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}