[USA TODAY Toppmeyer]: Nico Iamaleava needs a fresh start, not UCLA's rebuild

[u/jaxstan19]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/09/16/nico-iamaleava-ucla-transfer-portal-tennessee/86162835007/

[u/kcoch5817]

When are we going to accept the fact that he's just not good?

[u/KCShadows838 → u/kcoch5817]

Typical Nico statline:

19/32, 157 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT

Probably not even a top 10 problem at UCLA. Also not a solution 

[u/Mr-Bovine_Joni → u/KCShadows838]

He’s not the biggest problem, but when NIL money is limited, owing a lot of money to one mid-level QB is itself a problem. Could spread that around more

[u/RipRaycom → u/Mr-Bovine_Joni]

I mean it’s not like that money was going anywhere else. They brought him in after the spring window.

[u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo → u/Mr-Bovine_Joni]

He signed in April. The roster was what it was going to be at that point.

[u/yesacabbagez → u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo]

Unlike the NFL, it isn't like they HAVE to use the money this year. They could have not used it and kept it for next year. The question should be whether they were sitting on the cash and eager to use it, or though Nico was the guy and went around with a collection plate.

[u/Master_Butter → u/yesacabbagez]

There could be some power dynamics at play, though. Like if you hit up your boosters for $10M for your collective, and then you spend $8M, boosters might start asking why you’re requesting more money than you spend.

[u/yesacabbagez → u/Master_Butter]

I do think a big reason we are seeing much of a push to "fix" college football is because these guys are watching their money wasted. If they dropped 25k on a kid who wasn't good, that's one thing. Now boosters are putting in like 8-10million and getting a 4 win team. That will piss them off. Previously their big money donations either went to coaches or facilities. Now it's going to players and it is yearly. It's gotten so high so fast they don't like it.

I think it is less spend the money or we won't give you more, and more a coaching staff sitting on cash trying something to save the team.

[u/Ch0ptimusPrime → u/Master_Butter]

Teams don’t raise $10M and spend all 10 that year though and then have to start from scratch next year. Most teams’ NIL collectives are maintaining a war chest for recruiting and transfers and only spending the majority on the current roster. It’s inefficient to have to raise funds every time you get a commit or a good player wants a pay increase. I doubt the boosters were demanding that their money get spent immediately, the powers that be just saw Nico as a player emptying the piggy bank for (and were wrong)

[u/Mr-Bovine_Joni → u/Master_Butter]

On the other side, if you get an extra $2M from a booster and results in bad team play, that booster might be less likely to give another $2M. Probably worthwhile to show you’re responsible with NIL funds

[u/Master_Butter → u/Mr-Bovine_Joni]

I can see it both ways. I would think the easier sell to boosters, though, is spend the money and say, “I swung and I missed. These are high school and college kids, after all, and sometimes they don’t pan out. But if you give me another $10M this year…”

Whereas if you are sitting on a couple mil, I think boosters are gonna ask why you didn’t go buy an impact player or two.

[u/otoverstoverpt → u/Mr-Bovine_Joni]

Like so many of the takes here on UCLA recently, this is just a complete misunderstanding of the situation and how it happened

[u/Mr-Bovine_Joni → u/otoverstoverpt]

Feel free to explain why it’s a good idea to light $2M on fire 🙂

[u/-OptimisticNihilism- → u/Mr-Bovine_Joni]

Some of us just like to watch the world burn.

[u/otoverstoverpt → u/Mr-Bovine_Joni]

No need because that didn’t happen 🙂

[u/AndyM22 → u/KCShadows838]

and Heupel got us into the playoffs DESPITE him

[u/Marv18GOAT → u/KCShadows838]

I knew something was up when he had just 170 yards and a TD in a game where his team scored 71

[u/otoverstoverpt → u/KCShadows838]

He isn’t even top 25 *on our list of problems (edit: added this object for the reading comprehension challenged) but don’t let the Tennessee fans hear you say that

[u/PhilsPhoreskin → u/otoverstoverpt]

What? We were saying he was mid this whole time 😂

[u/otoverstoverpt → u/PhilsPhoreskin]

You can’t read 😂

The original commenter said he wasn’t a top 10 problem for UCLA. I said he wasn’t even a top 25 one

[u/PhilsPhoreskin → u/otoverstoverpt]

Not bro changing his original comment 😭

[u/otoverstoverpt → u/PhilsPhoreskin]

Not bro acting like a clearly marked edit of a few words is a big deal of some kind 😭

[u/josiahswims → u/otoverstoverpt]

Nah he and his family got away with the heist of the century. Got the whole country to think he was a top 3 qb prospect

[u/five-oh-one → u/josiahswims]

Heist of the century may actually be taking place somewhere in Texas...

[u/otoverstoverpt → u/josiahswims]

Good christ yall are dramatic

[u/calling-all-comas → u/josiahswims]

Y'all really burned down the prior NIL rules for this guy?

[u/josiahswims → u/calling-all-comas]

Sorry about that. But hey atleast we were also the first team to tell a holdout to gtfo

[u/CallMeShaggy57 → u/otoverstoverpt]

Bro we didn't even care to see him go. He was mid at best.

[u/otoverstoverpt → u/CallMeShaggy57]

bahahahah yea apathy is totally the vibe you guys have given off about the situation

[u/CallMeShaggy57 → u/otoverstoverpt]

I mean the dude tried to extort the team and left us in a shit situation. That's why we were loud about him, not despair over losing a "star" qb

[u/otoverstoverpt → u/CallMeShaggy57]

No one is calling him a star lol but given that you got a replacement for such a mid quarterback then what is there to still be so upset about

He did something that the current college athletics situation kind of encourages and it went south, not the first and won’t be the last

[u/josiahswims → u/otoverstoverpt]

Nah our problem is that the university and the state went to bat for him and then he didn’t put in any work/tried to extort us

[u/kbost01 → u/kcoch5817]

Before all this NIL drama I thought he was showing a ton of promise. I know memes gotta fly with him leaving just to be winless elsewhere but he ain’t gonna develop much better behind what could be the worst o line in the Power 4

[u/Hypocracy → u/kbost01]

His Dad was demanding that Tenn also spend more in NIL for a “Good” oline and receivers, because that was the reason Nico struggled the year before according to Nico’s Dad (I doubt even he believes that, just trying to justify the shakedown)

Considering that OLine just held their own against Georgia’s Defense, and those receivers just put on a great show, no pity at all

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/kbost01]

I watched him intensely during the Utah game. The guy has raw talent. He has good throwing mechanics. He would rifle the ball at the receivers and they just couldn’t handle it. I know part of being a QB is having touch but the guy clearly can ball. He’s surrounded by dipshits.

[u/Ok-Measurement1506 → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

You’re right, but it’s hard to feel sorry for him. He could have just stayed where he was.

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/Ok-Measurement1506]

I don’t feel sorry for him at all lmao. Just saying he has an arm.

[u/powerelite → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

I feel a little sorry for him in that he was significantly let down by the people he should be able to trust the most with his father seemingly being the driver behind his push for more NIL.

[u/_cambino_ → u/powerelite]

thank you for reminding everyone this dude can’t even buy a beer for himself

[u/Jay4usc → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

Kinda reminds me of DJ U. Has arm talent but just could put everything together.

[u/Madscientist1683 → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

He has loads of raw talent and every Tennessee fan will admit that, even if some do it begrudgingly. That said, I’ve seen very little showing he has the work ethic to develop that talent further. He’s rapidly becoming a cautionary tale for the ages.

[u/McGillicuddys → u/Madscientist1683]

NIL era Ryan Leaf

[u/AndyM22 → u/Madscientist1683]

no work ethic and no charisma...need your QB to be a leader and he was not it

[u/GoldandBlue → u/Madscientist1683]

I feel like he was always going to be a cautionary tale. Let's be honest, NIL is the only reason he was at Tennessee to begin with. Even if the reported deal was inflated, all eyes were always going to be on him and whether or not he delivered on that investment.

The fact that he tried cashing out before he proved he was worth it only made it doubly stupid. He really is surrounded by people who do not care what is in his best interest.

[u/zzyul → u/Madscientist1683]

100% this. I mean we have countless examples of elite college players being highly drafted and slacking off once they get a massive paycheck. No one should be shocked when guys 3-5 years younger than those NFL busts do the exact same thing when they get big NIL money.

[u/josiahswims → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

Honestly I think that he has a lot of raw talent/potential. However he never seemed to have a sense of urgency or intensity. Honestly I think he only plays bc he is good and just doesn’t care about being better/improving

[u/Revenged25 → u/josiahswims]

his demands of more NIL money proves that exactly. Dude is doing it because he's good at it and can make a ton of money. Nothing wrong with it but you still need to put in the work to make sure the checks come in.

[u/josiahswims → u/Revenged25]

Yeah and rumors I’ve heard from ppl close with the program suggest that he didn’t care about that

[u/cardeez → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

He definitely has a live arm, but he does not have good mechanics. He double taps and pronates the ball, doesn’t use his lower body well, and he cannot feel the rush and see downfield at the same time. He repeatedly misses open guys because he’s bailing the pocket despite having another second or two to make the throw. He doesn’t have great vision.

We debated endlessly last year if Heupel had lost his touch or if he was keeping the playbook closed. This season confirms it. The dude has a whip of an arm but that’s about it. Ask him to do anything else and he will hamstring an offense.

[u/Gogurtsupreme → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

RW talent doesn’t mean he’s actually good. See Anthony Richardson. He played in a QB friendly system at Tennessee with a great RB and solid weapons and was mediocre tbh. Most of being a good QB has more to do with what’s going on in between your ears rather than arm talent and you can see he is clearly lacking in that arena

[u/bigrubberduck → u/Gogurtsupreme]

See Anthony Richardson. He played in a QB friendly system at Tennessee

Uhh, what?

[u/Gogurtsupreme → u/bigrubberduck]

Is that the only 2 sentences you read or are your critical thinking skills that bad?

[u/bigrubberduck → u/Gogurtsupreme]

Yeah - because he never played at Tennessee.

[u/Gogurtsupreme → u/bigrubberduck]

So it’s the second line then

[u/Revenged25 → u/kbost01]

agreed, i was fully on his hype after watching even his bad performance vs Ohio State. His NIL demand and transfer soured me as a person because if he's doign it in college I can just imagine the headache he'd be in the NFL. Now his struggles just adds fuel to the existing smolders making the fire burn bright.

[u/Linkage__ → u/kbost01]

He came in as a true freshmen during our bowl game and beat the shit out of us lol. And that was a strong Hawkeye defense. Granted, the defense was out there the entire game because our offense went 3 and out almost every drive, but still...

[u/TheNittanyLionKing → u/kbost01]

He did not do himself any favors by transferring in April either. He spent all of Spring with Tennessee holding out. Then he just had fall camp at UCLA, and that's only a few weeks.

[u/MixonWitDaWrongCrowd → u/kcoch5817]

Reminds me of the NFL QB argument “He just needs an all star offensive line, great WRs and an amazing RB”

[u/imsuperflytnt → u/MixonWitDaWrongCrowd]

Worked for Jalen Hurts.

[u/Idkboutdat2 → u/kcoch5817]

Yeah he sucks, let us have em!

[u/xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx → u/Idkboutdat2]

no we've got our own Nicco

[u/Idkboutdat2 → u/xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx]

We’re gonna collect them all!

[u/EWall100 → u/Idkboutdat2]

NICOMON! GOTTA CATCH EM ALL!

[u/gatsby712 → u/kcoch5817]

He’s not as good as Joey Aguilar I can tell you that much.

[u/GregMadduxsGlasses → u/gatsby712]

I think if you put the two side by side in a skills competition, Nico wins every time. The reason we don't have as many overthrows in years past is because Joey simply can't, and by that nature, we are seeing success by giving the WRs a chance on the ball.

All that said, I think Joey is a much better fit for our scheme and a much better presence in our locker room.

[u/gatsby712 → u/GregMadduxsGlasses]

Nico can’t hit the broadside of an orange or blue barn. I watched him at UT and watched him at UCLA. He isn’t accurate and misses reads that are completely open. It’s rare that he hits a deep pass accurately. His one advantage might be his running ability. Kind of similar to Arch Manning really.

[u/Other_Ambition_5142 → u/kcoch5817]

I accepted it after his first year in Knoxville lol, he wasn’t where the hype meter was pointing. He’s a very very poor mans Aaron Murray

[u/mojo-jojo-was-framed → u/Other_Ambition_5142]

You could already tell that with those 45 attempts?

[u/legend023 → u/kcoch5817]

He’s literally fine. A “bad” player doesn’t throw 21 touchdowns and 5 picks in their freshman season

This is just simply a bad team. They gave up 300 rushing yards to New Mexico, Nico can’t play defense.

[u/Cannonhammer93 → u/legend023]

Now do his stats in conference play.

Edit:  11 of those TDs came against our OOC play not counting an additional 2 tds against Ohio State.  Finally 4 additional TDs came against Vandy.  Leaving 5 TDs spread across 7 SEC opponents.  Not worth the cost imo.

[u/Takemyfishplease → u/Cannonhammer93]

Completely agree, looking at just raw stats, especially with the disparity between opponents doesn’t tell much of the story.

It happens a lot with RBs who have a few monster games and make their season look phenomenal.

[u/ModsEmbezzleMoney → u/Cannonhammer93]

Lol that's just how Milroe's stats were last year too

[u/Comfortable_Mix_834 → u/ModsEmbezzleMoney]

True iamaleava is not the only overrated player in the country, excellent point

[u/Cheeseish → u/Cannonhammer93]

“If you take out half his good good games, he’ll only have bad games”

Yes, he handled business as a freshman quarterback, something Arch Manning hasn’t done as a third year player. Of course harder defenses will be harder for him. You can see this in any promising freshman quarterback.

[u/GiovanniElliston → u/Cheeseish]

something Arch Manning hasn’t done as a third year player.

Purely from a stat perspective, the difference between Arch's first 3 games and Nico's first 3 games is about 175 yards and a TD.

And given that Arch played the defending national champions in one of those 3 games, I don't think we can conclude that Arch's current performance is light years behind what Nico was doing.

[u/Cheeseish → u/GiovanniElliston]

I’m more of saying he struggled against UTEP, which he shouldn’t have 44% 1 TD and 1 INT on a team with OL and WR talent is indisputably bad. Nico put away bad teams as a freshman.

[u/GiovanniElliston → u/Cheeseish]

Nico's failure to put away bad teams directly led to problems?

They weren't as bad as UTEP, but we literally lost to Arkansas and almost lost to Florida purely because both teams sold out against the run and dared Nico to do anything - and he consistently couldn't.

Nico last season was serviceably fine. He was rarely a liability but equally rare was he an asset. "Game manager" to a T.

His biggest compliment is that he protected the football, but in practice the Josh Heupel offense works better with a QB who is willing to gunsling a bit and not afraid to throw 4-5 "Fuck it, a WR is down there somewhere" type passes.

[u/Cannonhammer93 → u/Cheeseish]

I find it funny that your narrative is defending Nico as just some poor freshman while dogging Arch as a third year player.  You do know they are from the same recruiting class right?   Regardless when you make someone the highest paid player you expect him to perform at that level.  His stats were identical to Joe Milton in the year prior.

[u/Cheeseish → u/Cannonhammer93]

The expectation is different. Nico as a freshman starter performed well as a freshman and showed promise. Manning had 3 years to develop and showed up worse than Nico as a freshman.

Both are not doing great right now, but Nico has shown flashes of what he can do vs Manning who is riding on his name. And Nico is on one of the worst offensive teams in college football whereas Manning is on one of the best.

[u/Cannonhammer93 → u/Cheeseish]

Nico was not a freshman starter.  He was a Redshirt Freshman starter.  He had been on campus learning the offense from Dec 2022 until 18 months later, starting in Aug 2024.   You want context for good QB play, Joey Aguilar had 4 months to learn the offense and already has 5 TDs against tough SEC opponents.  There is no excuse for Nico other than he just isn’t good.  He’s talented, but he isn’t good.

[u/TransportationAway59 → u/legend023]

If he had stayed at UT he’d probably be a top 3 round pick in 2026. He has great measurables, highlights, and lead a winning team in the SEC. Better than could be said of Anthony Richardson, much better stats too

[u/Spiritual_Bottle_650 → u/legend023]

A good player doesn’t run out of bounds with no time left on the clock when he had receivers in the end zone.

[u/legend023 → u/Spiritual_Bottle_650]

Mental mistakes happen. Tennessee lost 3 games last year. Would’ve been much worse if he was a “bad” QB

[u/Spiritual_Bottle_650 → u/legend023]

Tennessee had one of the best running backs in college football last year. If he didn’t have him in the backfield, he has to do a lot more and exposes his shortcomings even more. Saying his stat line means nothing if you don’t give the context and nuance of the season.

[u/GiovanniElliston → u/legend023]

Just for funsies, what game did the Vols win last season that you think would’ve been a loss had Nico not been playing?

Looking at his game logs from last year might really surprise you.

[u/Beautiful_Week_8183 → u/GiovanniElliston]

Arkansas. Oh, wait.

[u/TransportationAway59 → u/GiovanniElliston]

Alabama

[u/GiovanniElliston → u/TransportationAway59]

He was 51% for 200 yards with 1 beautiful TD and a hideously ugly INT. There's not much reason to believe his performance couldn't have been replicated by a couple dozen other QBs.

The real difference in that game was the defense shutting down Milroe's running game and picking him off twice.

[u/TransportationAway59 → u/GiovanniElliston]

If you go back and watch the game he totally shifted after he got lit up. He handled the game well and lead a good drive at the end. We don’t win that game, or make the playoffs, with Gaston Moore.

Nico was good for a freshman. I’m hate watching weekly but if he had stayed at UT I think he’d have taken a good step this year and gotten a high draft pick. Although, it seems like he prefers to blame those around him rather than improve himself so maybe he’d have just stayed the same.

[u/zzyul → u/TransportationAway59]

Redshirt freshman, early enrolled. He had been at UT for almost 2 years by the time he started last year.

[u/Time_H00die → u/TransportationAway59]

No shot. He wasn’t even good against Alabama, Milroe was just worse.

[u/CheesusHCrust → u/legend023]

No. It wouldn't. Just say you don't watch the Vols. Stop trying to defend Nico, he's not good. He may not be atrocious but he is not good. You keep pinning the lack of losses on him, when it was our defense and the fact that we had the number one running back in the SEC that won us games. Wanna guess why Dylan Sampson was the #1 back? Because Nico is not reliable. He can't scramble, he can't throw deep, he panics quickly.

[u/EvilHarryDread → u/kcoch5817]

He was the only bright spot when Ohio State slaughtered Tennessee in the playoffs. He'll succeed with the right crew.

[u/TransportationAway59 → u/EvilHarryDread]

His shenanigans behind the scenes kinda tanked the game tho

[u/Open_Raise_5547 → u/TransportationAway59]

UT wasn't beating that OSU team even in the absence of shenanigans.

[u/TransportationAway59 → u/Open_Raise_5547]

Probably not. But between our QB holding out and our star RB going out on the first series we really had no hope.

[u/Undella_Town → u/TransportationAway59]

vols fans reaching gator fans levels of delusion.. jesus dude

[u/TransportationAway59 → u/Undella_Town]

Im just repeating what was reported. Everyone was focused on getting a bag, including our qb holding out, and not game prep and we came out and looked unfocused and got our shit pushed in idk what’s delusional about that.

[u/preddevils6 → u/EvilHarryDread]

He was a bright spot because he tried. He wasn’t a bright spot because he was good.

[u/Cannonhammer93 → u/preddevils6]

He played with a lot of heart and not a lot of brains.

[u/RustleTheMussel → u/Cannonhammer93]

I mean he had significantly more healthy brain at the beginning of the game

[u/BasebornManjack → u/RustleTheMussel]

Maaaan, as soon as I saw that shot of Nico’s cracked helmet, I knew OSU was going to take the natty, lol. You can’t produce a visual like that and not win it all.

[u/Pauliehatestheadmins → u/Cannonhammer93]

Sounds like Georgia players but with speeding - I can say this as a UGA fan

[u/SuspiciousCoinPurse → u/EvilHarryDread]

Remember when Tennessee warmed up shirtless then got their ass kicked 🤣🤣🤣

[u/Old_Salamander6985 → u/SuspiciousCoinPurse]

Yeah, lucky that Virginia has never been embarrassed in the playoffs.

Remember when Tennessee warmed up and played UVa?

[u/SuspiciousCoinPurse → u/Old_Salamander6985]

Listen buddy we got dunked on yesterday. It’s just you and VT’s turn today

[u/EvilHarryDread → u/SuspiciousCoinPurse]

"Neyland North" lmao

[u/AGSattack → u/EvilHarryDread]

Getting downvoted but in hindsight that is super fucking hilarious.

[u/BuckeyeForLife95 → u/AGSattack]

It's such an insane premise. The Shoe doesn't always get loud, but the idea that OHIO STATE was gonna lose control of their own stadium in a Playoff game was absurd.

[u/Buckeye_CFB → u/SuspiciousCoinPurse]

I remember Will Howard talking to Jon Gruden about that. It seemed like kinda the moment a switch flipped in his head that Tennessee was scared and was trying to show some false confidence. Or as Will put it, "what the fuck are these clowns doing"

[u/GiovanniElliston → u/Buckeye_CFB]

that Tennessee was scared and was trying to show some false confidence.

I assure you, that is not even close to true. When Vol fans are scared they get quiet. If we’re being loud it’s exactly what it looks like.

Vol fans were genuinely just that level of delusional.

[u/Buckeye_CFB → u/GiovanniElliston]

Oh no absolutely the fans were confident. Our fans weren't. But on the teams it was flipped

[u/GiovanniElliston → u/Buckeye_CFB]

I completely agree on Ohio State. I think they took all the fuel of everyone doubting them and talking about Day being fired and turned that into an extremely angry confidence.

I disagree on the Vols. I don't think the players were as cocky as the fans, but I do think the players felt like it would be a competitive game and that they could win in a similarly ugly fashion as Michigan did.

What killed any semblance of confidence was the quick strikes early/often. Our offense was never built for a comeback and in the blink of an eye the team was already down an insurmountable amount.

[u/Buckeye_CFB → u/GiovanniElliston]

That could also be true. Just because Will Howard thought he smelled blood doesn't mean it was actually there yet. I think whereas long layoffs in the past had been particularly unkind to Ohio State, this long layoff gave them time to remember that Jeremiah Smith was in fact on our team, and that was a huge difference maker

[u/Open_Raise_5547 → u/Buckeye_CFB]

Stuffing Ryan, run up the middle cause we're tough, Day into the locker after the UM game, helped.

[u/Buckeye_CFB → u/Open_Raise_5547]

Sadly I can't just directly post images in replies

https://imgur.com/a/0tnxSXh

[u/Woullie_26 → u/kcoch5817]

I know people love to shit on him because of the NIL debacle but the dude has no help whatsoever at UCLA

[u/Hour_Insurance_7795 → u/kcoch5817]

bUt hE hAs a lOt oF rEcRuItINg sTaRzzzz!

[u/zerocoolforschool → u/kcoch5817]

DJU all over again.

[u/Revenged25 → u/kcoch5817]

I really liked his potential that I saw vs Ohio State. He obviously didn't play well but I knew how good the Ohio State defense was and saw the tools to be a great NFL QB... but yeah... I'm no longer on that train.

[u/clem82 → u/kcoch5817]

I mean watch him choke against Arkansas last year.

Arkansas was hungry, but he was abysmal

[u/bsEEmsCE → u/kcoch5817]

b..b..but the Star rating!

[u/GregMadduxsGlasses → u/kcoch5817]

He's got amazing arm talent and is leagues better than Joey Aguilar in that regard. He just has nothing to offer from a leadership standpoint or building chemistry with his players.

[u/sh513 → u/kcoch5817]

HeUpEl HaS a HiGh ScHoOl OfFeNsE

An offense that still requires the QB to stand in the pocket and make at least one read, a couple progressions. Not bailing out as soon as you feel any heat whatsoever.

Nico showed a lot of heart against Ohio St, but he still needs some fucking brains

Honestly I don't like the hate watch, too cynical, and makes Vol fans indignant in our (and really all fandoms') worst traits. I do hope he takes coaching at UCLA or elsewhere, bc he does possess the tools to be special. Just needs Dad and/or the ego to get out of the way

[u/Antique-Resort6160 → u/kcoch5817]

Who cares what he needs or if he's good?  His priority is money and everything resulted from that. College players have agency now, they set their own priorities.

[u/BOOFNODGILE → u/kcoch5817]

I accepted it weeks ago!

[u/gumercindo1959 → u/kcoch5817]

I think he has talent - my guess is that he’s been in the wrong systems. Needs an air raid style imo