BOONE, N.C. — App State senior quarterback
Joey Aguilar has been named to the watch list for the 2024 Maxwell Award, which recognizes the most outstanding player in college football.
Every year since 2015, App State's first season as a bowl-eligible FBS program, the Mountaineers have had at least one standout performer on the Maxwell Award watch list.
Aguilar's 33 touchdown passes during the 2023 regular season allowed him to rank fifth nationally for the entire season, which he finished with additional school records of 3,757 passing yards and 4,002 yards of total offense. He's the nation's only returning quarterback who had 33-plus touchdown passes and 3,700-plus passing yards in 2023.
The Maxwell Award has been presented to the national college player of the year since 1937 and is named in honor of Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, a former standout at the Swarthmore College and a renowned sports writer and football official.
App State begins fall practice Friday and will open the season at home against ETSU on Aug. 31.
