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Tennessee QB Joey Aguilar to hold meet-and-greet in partnership with Powerade

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Joey Aguilar, Tennessee
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Amid his strong start to the season at Tennessee, Joey Aguilar is getting out in the community. He’s holding a meet-and-greet with fans on Sunday through a partnership with Powerade.

Aguilar will be at the Food City located on Hardin Valley Road in Knoxville to meet fans and take pictures. The event will go from 3-4 p.m. CT, one day after the Vols take on Mississippi State in Starkville in Week 5. Tennessee has a bye in Week 6.

“Thanks to my friends at Powerade, I’m going to be at the Food City on Hardin Valley Road on Sunday, Sept. 28 from 3-4 p.m.,” Aguilar said in a video posted to Instagram. “Come by Food City, say hi, grab a photo and grab some Powerade. Can’t wait to see you guys.”

Repped by Octagon, Aguilar has a $918,000 On3 NIL Valuation. He arrived at Tennessee this offseason after initially committing to UCLA out of the transfer portal.

But after Nico Iamaleava left the Vols and joined the Bruins, Aguilar re-entered the portal and committed to Tennessee – effectively completing the first college football quarterback trade. Aguilar is making somewhere in the range of $1.2 million this season, On3’s Pete Nakos reported.

Through four games, Aguilar is impressing at Tennessee, leading the SEC with 12 passing touchdowns so far. On the whole, he has completed 66.7% of his passes for 1,124 yards and thrown three interceptions in the early part of his time on Rocky Top.

The Appalachian State transfer made quite an impact in the early part of the Week 3 matchup against Georgia. He went 24 of 36 for 371 yards and four touchdowns, while also adding a rushing touchdown, before Tennessee eventually fell to UGA in an overtime thriller at Neyland Stadium.

But Joey Aguilar’s ability to throw the deep ball is part of what makes him stand out, according to ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit. That, he said, is making a major impact on Tennessee’s offense in the early going.

“His accuracy downfield? Nico, as good as he was, was missing last year in their offense. It was more about Dylan Sampson and them pounding the football,” Herbstreit said on his Nonstop podcast. “Now, they can still run it, but now they get back to being who Heupel wants to be throwing the football downfield.”