Joey Aguilar is half of college football's wildest flip-flops. When Nico Iamaleava departed Tennessee in April for UCLA, the quarterback left the Bruins to join the Volunteers. Now Aguilar has Iamaleava's old starting job.

When Tennessee named Joey Aguilar the starting quarterback, he recalled how close he got to quitting college football to become a firefighter.

Tennessee quarterback Joey Aguilar considered becoming a firefighter when his college football career wasn't going well.