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Almost two weeks have passed since the Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel announced that Nico Iamaleava would not return to the volunteers next season.
Shortly after the announcement, the Quarterrière revealed that it was transferred to the UCLA for the 2025 season.
The new quarter of the Bruins now seems to have a potential safeguard that he knows.
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The quarter-arre of Warren Madden Iamaleava is under pressure from Jacob Moraga in Saint-Bonaventure while he pulled a pass in the first quarter of the 24-21 victory of the Seraphs in the championship match of Division III of CIF-SS on November 25, 2023, at the Stadium Larrabee of Ventura High. (Joe Lumaya / Special to the Star / USA Today Network)
Madden Iamaleava, Nico’s brother, would also have gone to Los Angeles. On3 reported that the young Iamaleava intended to pass his Arkansas commitment to the UCLA.
The UCLA quarter-arre, Joey Aguilar, transfers Tennessee after Nico Iiamaleava from Bruins Flight: Report
Nico was split by 247 sports at n ° 22 among the quarters of the 2025 high school as a four -star recruit. But Iamaleava’s decision against adapting to Arkansas could have serious ramifications.
According to the Front Office Sports, the collective of the name, image and resemblance of Arkanas (Nile) published a pair of letters of request to the players requesting the fulfillment of the buyout clauses.
“The Arkansas’s Nile Collective sent two letters of request to the players asking to make buyback clauses, Source declared at Front Office Sports”, a journalist from the exit wrote on X. “The comments of the advertisement refer to several players who left before the expiration of Nile contracts, including Madden Iamaleava.”
Arkansas is looking for about $ 200,000 in Madden Iamaleava, according to the report.
The quarter-back of the volunteers of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava left the field after a victory against the Commodores of Vanderbilt at the Stadium Firstbank on November 30, 2024. (Steve Roberts / Imagn images)
Heupel said Nico’s decision to skip the practice during his name, the image and resemblance (null) contractual negotiations with Tennessee led to the split.
The quarter of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava dates back to Arkansas during the second half of October 5, 2024 in Fayetteville, Ark. (Photo / Michael Woods)
Nico Iamaleava earned $ 2.4 million on a zero contract. But when he signed it, it was about $ 8 million. Iamaleava received the initial payment when he was still listed in high school. ESPN said the total value of the agreement could have achieved nearly $ 10 million.
Iamaleava finished the 2024 season with volunteers with 2,616 yards by the pass and 19 affected against five interceptions.
The UCLA finished the 2024 campaign with a disappointing file of 5-7 after the first season of Bruins in the Big Ten conference.
