US EditionNFL Network: Vols Quarterback Joey Aguilar Undergoes Surgery to Remove Tumor
Joey Aguilar underwent surgery to remove a benign tumor causing arm weakness and pain during the 2025 season; he led the SEC in passing yards and faces an eight-week recovery.
- On Friday morning, Tennessee starting quarterback Joey Aguilar had successful surgery to remove a benign tumor pressing on his biceps tendon and labrum, NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported.
- After transferring in spring 2025, Aguilar led the SEC in passing yards, arriving at Tennessee from UCLA in a quarterback swap involving Nico Iamaleava and following play at Appalachian State.
- Doctors say it will take eight weeks for Joey Aguilar to recover after tumor removal, and the program revealed the condition only after the surgery was reported.
- The surgery's timing complicates Aguilar's draft deliberations and creates availability questions as he weighs declaring for the 2026 NFL Draft or awaiting Diego Pavia's NCAA eligibility lawsuit.
- He originally redshirted in 2019 at City College of San Francisco and missed the 2020 junior college season due to the COVID pandemic before playing two seasons at Diablo Valley College in 2021-22.
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Report: Vols QB Joey Aguilar has benign tumor removed
Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joey Aguilar had surgery Friday to remove a benign tumor from his throwing arm, NFL Network reported.The 6-foot-3, 225-pound senior played through arm weakness this season caused by the tumor pressing on his biceps tendon and labrum, per the report.Aguilar, 24, whose condition had not been disclosed, reportedly will need at least eight weeks to recover from Friday's procedure.Aguilar transferred to Knoxville afte…
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