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

7 tackles vs. Tennessee, 2025
1.0 TFL vs. UAB, 2023; Tennessee Tech, 2024
1 INT vs. Tennessee, 2025

2025: Tallied seven tackles, one interception and two pass breakups in the overtime win against Tennessee...added four tackles against Alabama...credited with four tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss in the win at Auburn.

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.