Josh Heupel Talks Performance of All Four Tennessee Football Quarterbacks to Play vs. ETSU
Tennessee football’s 72-17 blowout win over ETSU provided the opportunity for Josh Heupel to play all four of the quarterbacks on his roster. With Joey Aguilar playing the entire first half and Jake Merklinger, George MacIntyre and Mason Phillips cleaning up the second half, UT produced multiple program modern-era records in the game. Afterward, Heupel met […]
Josh Heupel Names Official Second-String Quarterback on Tennessee’s Depth Chart
Just a few hours before Tennessee football takes the field against Syracuse in Atlanta to get the 2025 season underway, the Vols have released their first official depth chart of the year. While there are plenty of ‘ORs’ to be seen, Josh Heupel did name a backup and third-string quarterback behind Joey Aguilar. QB2 will […]
What Josh Heupel Said About Tennessee Football’s Backup Quarterback Competition Ahead Of Opener
Joey Aguilar will be Tennessee football’s starting quarterback when they take the field against Syracuse in Saturday’s season opener at Mercedez-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. But fifth-year head coach Josh Heupel has no intentions of naming the backup ahead of the opener. Asked if he’s decided on Aguilar’s backup during his Monday press conference, Heupel deflected. […]
One Big Quarterback Question For Tennessee After Naming Joey Aguilar Its Starter
Josh Heupel ended the battle for Tennessee’s starting quarterback spot Sunday night, naming transfer Joey Aguilar the Vols’ starting quarterback entering the 2025 season. There are plenty of questions about how Aguilar will perform in his senior season at Tennessee, but Heupel naming him the starter answers the biggest question of the preseason. But there […]
Three Reasons Joey Aguilar Was The Logical Choice To Be Tennessee Football’s Starting Quarterback
Josh Heupel has officially made his most important decision of the preseason, naming Joey Aguilar the Vols’ starting quarterback entering his fifth season as head coach. The Vols have gone through two and a half weeks and both scrimmages in fall camp and will begin starting to prepare for Syracuse this week. Aguilar was the […]
Josh Heupel: Tennessee Football Quarterback Competition Ongoing After Second Scrimmage
Tennessee football held its second fall scrimmage Friday morning and head coach Josh Heupel still isn’t budging on who his starting quarterback is going to be. Heupel didn’t name a starter while commenting on the play of his quarterbacks following the scrimmage. “I thought both of them handled themselves extremely well. George did as well,” […]
How Tennessee Quarterbacks Performed In Routes On Air During Open Portions Of Practice
Tennessee football is done opening up practice to the media during fall camp with its Tuesday practice being the final one that they let the media watch for the usual 20-30 minutes. Tuesday’s practice was the 10th of fall camp with the media being unable to watch the ninth practice of the fall— its first […]
Josh Heupel Not Ready To Whittle Down Quarterback Competition Following First Scrimmage
Josh Heupel isn’t ready to name a starting quarterback following the Vols’ first fall scrimmage on Saturday morning at Neyland Stadium. That is unsurprising as the battle rolls on but it is of note that Heupel doesn’t appear ready to whittle down the competition to just two quarterbacks. “I don’t anticipate us dramatically changing the […]
The Challenge For Tennessee Assessing Its Quarterbacks In The Vols’ Saturday Scrimmage
Tennessee football’s fall practice rolls on Saturday morning as the Vols hold their first scrimmage at Neyland Stadium. It’s a big day for a number of Tennessee positional competitions but none are bigger than the quarterback battle. But Josh Heupel and his staff have a challenge when it comes to assessing the play of their […]
Tennessee Football Notes And Observations: Practice No. 6
Tennessee football returned to the Haslam Practice Field on an overcast Wednesday morning following a night of rain in Knoxville. It was the Vols’ first practice in full pads during fall camp. Only three periods of practice, about 15-20 minutes, were open to the media Sunday morning so there’s only so many observations to glean […]