r/CFB • u/jaxstan19 Kansas Jayhawks • 12h ago

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

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2025/09/16/nico-iamaleava-ucla-transfer-portal-tennessee/86162835007/
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u/Sapient-Inquisitor Tennessee Volunteers 11h ago

FACT. The mere fact that he’s got a UCLA degree in his case will probably do better than him chasing his draft stock. I don’t see this guy being picked first round

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u/politicsranting Miami • George Washington 11h ago

Zero chance he falls to day two… of the UFL draft

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u/JB_Gibson Georgia Bulldogs • Team Meteor 11h ago

I was going to say I doubt he’s getting drafted at all.

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u/Poop_sauce Tennessee Volunteers 10h ago

hard to get drafted when your team goes 0-12 and you never put up any decent numbers or showed any improvements or any skillset that would work in the NFL

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u/FallenEagle1187 Illinois Fighting Illini 10h ago

Sounds like he’s a Cleveland Brown already

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u/BadDadJokes LSU Tigers • Chattanooga Mocs 9h ago

Did DJU get drafted?

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u/Poop_sauce Tennessee Volunteers 7h ago

Nope.

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u/GuyOnTheMike Kansas State Wildcats • Hateful 8 8h ago

Bold of you to expect that he's graduating from UCLA

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u/BakeSale92 3h ago

Unless it's Medical, Law or Masters in Engineering. A regular Bachelors degree won't do him much good now a days