NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Antioch native Joey Aguilar is half of college football’s wildest flip-flops. When Nico Iamaleava departed Tennessee in April for UCLA, the quarterback left the Bruins to join the Volunteers.

Now Aguilar has Iamaleava’s old starting job.

“Coming out here and being the starting quarterback for this program is nothing but excitement, and that’s all I can say,” Aguilar said Wednesday. “I’m just super excited.”

Adapting to changing circumstances is nothing new for the 24-year-old quarterback who once starred for Freedom High of Oakley.

When the coronavirus pandemic shut down junior college football in 2020, Aguilar was preparing to start on his goal to be a firefighter. He was lured back to football where he played two seasons at Diablo Valley Community College in Pleasa

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