Nico Iamaleava, UCLA and Tennessee
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Tennessee was the talk of the 2025 college football transfer portal cycle for all the wrong reasons as quarterback Nico Iamaleava departed from the program in arguably the most confounding saga of the spring.
Tennessee football standout Boo Carter missed numerous team activities, and team leaders confronted him. Now his status is uncertain.
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Nico Iamaleava sought to downplay the significance of NIL money in his transfer to UCLA at Big Ten media day on Thursday. The former Tennessee QB said that he had always wanted to play closer to his home in California and didn’t feel comfortable after “false reports” had emerged at Tennessee this spring.
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A to Z Sports on MSN'It was weird' - UCLA head coach Deshaun Foster doesn't understand one aspect of the drama surrounding Nico Iamaleava's transferUCLA head coach Deshaun Foster doesn't quite understand some of the drama surrounding quarterback Nico Iamaleava's departure from the Tennessee Vols earlier this spring. Specifically, Foster doesn't understand why folks are making noise about the NIL aspect of Iamaleava's departure from Tennessee.
And now, more details about his fallout with the Vols has been revealed via college football insider Kirk Herbstreit in his latest appearance on the Try That Small Town Podcast.
Joey Aguilar transferred to Tennessee and he is the presumed starter. However, ESPN believes he is better than Nico Iamaleava at avoided sacks.