Vols are a sleeping 2026 football giant

Why is no one talking about this? We went out and hired arguably best defensive coordinator in all of football AND the best strength and conditioning coach from Indiana.

Did you see how a bunch of 2 and 3 stars matched up physically against 5 star loaded rosters with Indiana in the playoffs? We hired the man responsible for it.

We also bought the best defense that money can buy and took 1/3 of Penn State's starters on D who know Jim Knowles system.

On paper, this is the most stacked Vol defense since the Chavis and Fulmer days.

Now here comes the key cog to turning Tennessee into a national championship contender next year.

Joey Aguilar it turns out was playing with a tumor in his throwing shoulder the latter part of last season and he was in great pain the entire time and kept it all a secret.

Guess what? Despite him being injured and despite him having only one month at Tennessee before the season started, he still led the conference in passing but dropped off a bit some latter part of the season because he was playing injured.

We all saw prime Joey against UGA. That's who he really is.

Imagine how good he's going to be healthy next year with one more year in Heupel's system.

And the WR and TE room is completely stacked. RB too and online will be strong.

Vols will have a top 5 offense nationally easily next year and a top 20 defense worst case scenario. For the first time in a long time we have an elite defensive coordinator lock down DBs and the most stacked LB room in the conference.

2026 will see a deep playoff run for the Vols.

Here's the story about Joey's tumor. What a Vol legend this man is:

. VFL and a warrior