NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Joey Aguilar is half of college football's wildest flip-flops. When Nico Iamaleava departed Tennessee in April for UCLA, the quarterback left the Trojans 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.

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 California. He then played 25 games at Appalachian Sta

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