Joenel Aguero

Joenel Aguero in the win over Tennessee Tech on Sept. 7, 2024

Photo by: Conor Dillon/UGAAA

Position:
DB
Height:
5-11
Weight:
205
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Lynn, Mass.
High School:
St. John’s Prep
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CAREER HIGHS

5 tackles vs. Kentucky, Texas, 2024
1.0 TFL vs. UAB, 2023; Tennessee Tech, 2024

2024: Appeared in 11 games this season, making five starts...tallied 26 total tackles, including 1.5 tackle for a loss of five yards...credited with two stops, including one for a loss of four yards, in home opening win over Tennessee Tech...tallied a career-high five tackles, including three solo, in the SEC opener win over Kentucky...credited with one tackle and a QB pressure in Homecoming game win over Auburn...tallied four tackles, including three solo stops, and a pair of QB pressures in win over Mississippi State...credited with five tackles, including 0.5 for a loss of one yard, in win over Texas…tallied one QB pressure against the Longhorns.

2023: Played in 12 games this season at DB…credited with seven tackles, including five solo stops and one for a loss of one yard…notched four solo tackles, one for a loss of one yard, in win over UAB...had a blocked punt in road win over Florida...enrolled at UGA in January and participated in spring drills.

High School: St. John’s Prep, coached by Brian St. Pierre... 247Sports.com composite four-star prospect…ranked as the #46 prospect nationally, #4 safety prospect and #2 prospect in Massachusetts…PrepStar Magazine five-star prospect, #22 prospect nationally, #3 S prospect and #1 prospect in Massachusetts …ESPN.com four-star prospect, #23 prospect nationally, #3 S prospect and #2 prospect in Massachusetts… rivals.com four-star prospect, #118 prospect nationally, #6 S prospect and #2 prospect in Massachusetts…DawgPost four-star prospect…as a senior, helped lead St. Johns Prep to an 11-2 record and MIAA state championship…named 2022 MaxPreps Massachusetts High School Football Player of the Year…prior to St. John’s, played for IMG Academy, helping Ascenders post 9-1 record in 2021 junior season.

Personal: Full name: JOENEL AGUERO...Major: Housing Management & Policy...recipient of the Teka and John Adams Football Scholarship.