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How QB Nico Iamaleava — now at UCLA — is trying to move beyond the drama and focus on football
Bottom line: If quarterback Nico Iamaleava handles the rest of the season as well as he did with his half hour of Q&A at Big Ten media days Thursday, chances are, UCLA will be good — maybe even very ...

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‘It came down to me wanting to be back home’: Nico Iamaleava details move to UCLA
How UCLA landed Nico Iamaleava — and is banking its rebrand on college football’s lightning rod
Tennessee football 2025: Win total, CFP outlook and how Volunteers can bounce back from Nico Iamaleava saga
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...

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Tennessee QB Joey Aguilar nearly quit football — now he’s on the sport’s biggest stage
Now at UCLA, Iamaleava tries to move beyond the drama and focus on football
Tennessee's Joey Aguilar perfect candidate to prove if O-Line was Nico Iamaleava's issue, ESPN says
“My driving factor to come back home was my family, and I hope every Tennessee fan understands that," Iamaleava said at Big Ten Media Days.

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Nico Iamaleava calls out “false” reporting on why he left Tennessee
UCLA head coach Deshaun Foster reportedly wasn't 'forthcoming' with Joey Aguilar during the Nico Iamaleava transfer saga

UCLA's Nico Iamaleava Denies 'False Reports' About Leaving Tennessee over NIL Dispute

Former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava publicly pushed back against what he <a href=" "false reports" that his decision to transfer to UCLA was driven by an NIL dispute.

Putting controversial Tennessee exit to rest, Nico Iamaleava turns focus to championship aspirations at UCLA

Three months after Nico Iamaleava left Tennessee for UCLA and shook the college football world amidst the most significant contract dispute in the NIL era, the star quarterback finally broke his silence.

Nico Iamaleava says that transfer to UCLA from Tennessee was about being closer to family, not money

Iamaleava sat out portions of Tennessee’s spring practices amid reports that he was looking to redo his name, image and likeness deal with the school. His father disputed the idea that Iamaleava was looking for more money and the QB entered the transfer portal on April 12.

Nico Iamaleava breaks silence on controversial transfer after alleged NIL standoff

What exactly went down between Nico Iamaleava and Tennessee is unknown, but the new UCLA quarterback is adamant that the alleged NIL standoff did not result lead to his transfer portal decision. The former five-star signed what was believed to be the first multi-million NIL deal for a high-school prospect when coming out of Downey,
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