TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 23, 2026

Knox County Chancellor Chris Heagerty on Friday denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by Joey Aguilar, the University of Tennessee’s starting quarterback. Aguilar was seeking an additional year of eligibility from the NCAA, Knox News reports. With the injunction denied, Aguilar is no longer eligible to play college football. Heagerty previously had granted Aguilar a 15-day restraining order against enforcement of NCAA rules and later extended it pending a ruling on the injunction. Aguilar initially joined Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia’s antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA in federal court in November 2025 but withdrew from that case in January to pursue his own claim in Knox County.