School Records
— Single-season passing yards (3,757, 2023)
— Single-season passing touchdowns (33, 2023)
— Single-season total offense (4,002, 2023)
— Single-season 200-yard passing games (13, 2023)
— Single-season pass completions (293, 2023)
— Single-season pass attempts (460, 2023)
Career: In only two years (both as a starter), ranked highly on App State’s career lists for touchdown passes (No. 5 with 56) and passing yards (No. 5 with 6,760) behind only three- or four-year starters … Threw for at least 200 yards in all 24 starts (after coming off the bench in his 2023 debut), with six 300-yard games and one 400-yard game (424 yards at ECU in 2024) … Had four touchdown passes in four different games … 2023 Cure Bowl MVP and Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year … Had 22 touchdown passes to either tie game or give his team the lead.
2024: All-Sun Belt honorable mention … Started all 11 games … Finished season with 3,003 passing yards and 23 touchdowns on 390 attempts, with an average of 273.0 passing yards per game … Had a career-high 424 yards on 32 completions against ECU while also throwing two touchdown passes … Tied his career high of four touchdown passes in a game against Old Dominion … Threw 15 touchdown passes in the last six games of the season … Had a career-long 83-yard touchdown pass against ETSU … Also rushed for 207 yards while scoring two touchdowns with his legs ... Sun Belt's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year ... Nation’s only returning quarterback who had 33-plus TD passes and 3,700-plus passing yards in 2023.
2023: Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year … Cure Bowl MVP … Played in all 14 games and started the final 13 … Broke App State’s single-season record for touchdown passes in the regular-season finale (finished at 33), broke the school’s single-season passing yardage record in the Sun Belt Championship Game (finished at 3,757) and set a school record with 4,002 yards of total offense … Threw 33 touchdown passes in the regular season, ending that 12-game span trailing only LSU’s Jayden Daniels and Oregon’s Bo Nix on the list of FBS passing touchdown leaders … Aguilar’s 15 touchdown passes to either tie a game or give his team a lead led the country ... Won Cure Bowl MVP honors by scoring on a 9-yard touchdown and throwing for 211 yards (including 147 in the first half) in a 13-9 victory against Miami (Ohio) played in a downpour that included more than an inch of rain falling during the length of the game … Completed 294 of 461 passes (64 percent) to average 268.4 passing yards per game and totaled 36 touchdowns when adding in three rushing scores … After replacing the injured starter in the first half of the season opener, threw a 32-yard TD pass on his first FBS play and finished the game with four TD passes while completing 11 of 13 throws for 174 yards … Made first career start at No. 17 UNC and had two TD passes while throwing for 275 yards in a two-overtime loss … Davey O’Brien Great 8 and Manning Award Stars of the Week recognition following his 318-yard, three-touchdown performance in the win against previously unbeaten James Madison, a win that ended with a touchdown pass in overtime … Had multiple TD passes in all but two regular season games, with four TDs apiece against Gardner-Webb, Southern Miss and Georgia Southern … Third-most single-season TD passes (33) in Sun Belt history ... Threw 21 TD passes and just four INTs in the last seven games of the regular season, with 17 touchdown passes and four interceptions during the five-game winning streak to end the regular season … Rushed for 245 yards, with more than 40 in four games.
Prior to App State: Early enrollee … Played two seasons at Diablo Valley Community College in central California, northeast of San Francisco … In 2022, completed 126 of 197 passes (64.0 percent) for 1,446 yards with eight touchdowns and four interceptions in six games … Also rushed 65 times for 358 yards (59.7 yards per game) … Threw for more than 300 yards in two games and at least 242 yards in four of six games … In 10 games in 2021, completed 102 of 182 passes (56.0 percent) for 1,546 yards with 13 touchdowns and six interceptions … Added 261 rushing yards with two scores.
High School: In final two prep seasons at Freedom High School, threw for 5,575 yards with 59 touchdowns and 14 interceptions … Threw 32 touchdown passes as a senior, when he passed for 3,074 yards … First-team All-Bay 6 two years in a row … Played for coach Gavin Cribb at Diablo Valley and Zach Sims at Freedom.
