{"id":252043,"date":"2026-04-30T04:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252043\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T04:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T04:08:09","slug":"former-tennessee-quarterbacks-rookie-jersey-number-in-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252043\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Tennessee quarterback’s rookie jersey number in NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 29, 2026, 4:45 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Former Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar<\/a> was not selected in the NFL draft following his one season with the Vols in 2025. After the NFL draft, he signed as an undrafted free agent with Jacksonville<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Aguilar’s jersey number is listed as No. 17 on Jacksonville’s roster<\/a>. He is also listed as 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds.<\/p>\n

Aguilar completed 272-of-404 passing attempts for 3,565 yards, 24 touchdowns and 10 interceptions in 13 games during his only season with the Vols.<\/p>\n

He finished behind two SEC quarterbacks for passing yards during the 2025 season: Trinidad Chambliss of Ole Miss (3,937 yards, 15 games) and Ty Simpson of Alabama<\/a> (3,567 yards, 15 games).<\/p>\n

\"Joey<\/p>\n

Throughout the year, ESPN updates depth charts for NFL teams.<\/p>\n

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n

“ESPN’s NFL depth charts for the 2026 season are updated throughout the year with the latest news, updates and intel from across the league,” according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ESPN projects Aguilar as the Jaguars’ fourth quarterback on their depth chart<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trevor Lawrence is listed as Jacksonville’s starting quarterback, followed by Nick Mullens as a backup and Carter Bradley as third string.<\/p>\n

More: Joey Aguilar reflects on journey from junior college to SEC<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 29, 2026, 4:45 p.m. ET Former Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar was not selected in the NFL draft…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[31,116,118,117,35395,303,298,299,336,43,420,342,4819,332,49,4818,4821,17028,300,21414,9810,34],"class_list":["post-252043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-accessfree","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sstssportscollegevolunteersfootball","tag-sstsnfootball","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagespn-inc","tag-tagfacebook","tag-tagjacksonville-jaguars","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagncaa-southeastern-conference","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsec-conference-football","tag-tagsec-hub","tag-tagsmg-listicle","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtennessee-volunteers-football","tag-tagtwitter","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}