Nico Iamaleava has a new team, and the staff of UCLA coaches reportedly told their quarters that the former signalers of Tennessee volunteers should be transferred to Bruins, by ESPN.
The UCLA has been connected to Iamaleava since it entered the transfer portal after a rift reported with Tennessee during zero negotiations.
ESPN reports that an “official decision is expected in the near future”, although conversations with the quarters on the current list are a clear step that Bruins are preparing for Iamaleava to join them.
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The quarter of the volunteers of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava (Steve Roberts-Imagn images)
We do not know what zero negotiations have occurred between the UCLA and IAMALAAVA.
The drama surrounded Iamaleava and Tennessee, the latter was held firmly against the alleged alleged requests from the first while the father of Imaleava, Nic, had publicly denied that his son left the program for financial reasons.
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The zero drama of Iamaleava with thefts sent shock waves through university football because he became the very first university player to hold a program for a larger payment. His agreement would have been up to $ 10 million in several seasons, and he had to win $ 2.4 million this season to come, during which he could present himself as a first round choice in the NFL 2026 draft.
ESPN reported that Aumaleava was looking for an agreement worth $ 4 million for next season with Tennessee, which he led to the play football playoffs last season. He would have estimated that he deserved what the other quarters who transferred obtained, including Carson Beck, who left the Bulldogs of Georgia to join the Hurricans of Miami.
Nic Iamaleava, Nico’s father, denied that his son pushed more money before the season, saying to the sports of the front office last Monday, “the story was Bulls —.”
The quarter of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava launched the ball during the first quarter of the Stade Firstbank stadium in Nashville, tenn., November 30, 2024. (Imagn)
The comments of the head coach Josh Heupel on the issue seem to confirm that Iamaleava was left aside the list of spring matches on Saturday due to a financial gap.
“No one is never bigger than the program,” said Heupel, thanking Iamaleava for his team services. “It also includes me.”
In the direction of the UCLA, Iamaleava returns to Southern California, where he appeared as a five -star Hope of Long Beach. He was recruited by the UCLA of the Lycée and his younger brother, Madden, has already committed himself to Bruins before signing with Arkansas.
Deshaun Foster, before his second year as a chief coach, obtained a major upgrade to the most important position on the ground.
The quarter of Tennessee Nico Iamaleava left the field after the victory over the Kentucky, on November 2, 2024, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Saul Young / News Sentinel / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
Iamaleava launched for 2,616 yards with 19 touched last season. Tennessee has won a place in series of university football playoffs, but fell into Ohio State and saw its hopes for the crushed national title.
