Report: Vols QB Joey Aguilar has benign tumor removed

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Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joey Aguilar had surgery Friday to remove a benign tumor from his throwing arm, NFL Network reported.

The 6-foot-3, 225-pound senior played through arm weakness this season caused by the tumor pressing on his biceps tendon and labrum, per the report.

Aguilar, 24, whose condition had no