Former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava will return to Ohio Stadium later this year while behind center for UCLA.

Bruins football head coach and alum DeShaun Foster has a positive outlook entering his second season leading the program. This offseason, UCLA secured the No. 1 transfer prospect available, quarterback Nico Iamaleava out of 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.

Nico Iamaleava decided to leave Josh Heupel’s Tennessee program after the school opted not to boost his NIL deal.

There have been several rumors as to why Nico Iamaleava really left Tennessee. It was the money, it was the lack of an offensive line, but now the truth has really come to light and it brings a whole other side to the NIL era,

When Joey Aguilar committed to Tennessee, the reaction was mixed. A quarterback from the Sun Belt replacing a former five-star like Nico Iamaleava? Many fans w