In all likelihood, Joey Aguilar will not play quarterback at Tennessee in the fall.
Friday, a Knoxville judge denied his suit to get a preliminary injunction that would have allowed him to play a fourth season at the Division I level.
On Friday, Feb. 13, Aguilar had a hearing in front of Chancellor Chris Heagerty, a two-time University of Tennessee graduate, challenging the NCAA rules that playing at the junior college level counts against a player's Division I eligibility.
At the center of Heagarty's information gathering during the hearing were repeated attempts to get Aguilar's lawyer Cam Norris to quantify the damages that Aguilar would suffer without another year of eligibility.
Besides a Name, Image and Likeness payout of about $2 million, Norris couldn't come up with any concrete examples.
Heagarty was also aware that if he granted an injunction to allow Aguilar to play, it would open the door for players all over the country to challenge the longstanding NCAA rule.
The decision, which is open to an appeal if Aguilar chooses, leaves Tennessee with three inexperienced scholarship quarterbacks -- George MacIntyre, Colorado transfer Ryan Staub and true freshman Faizon Brandon.
With a roster spot and $2 million of NIL compensation available, there's still the possibility of landing a graduate transfer quarterback at the end of the spring semester.