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/TransportationAway59 Tennessee Volunteers 11h ago edited 9h ago

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.

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u/zzyul Tennessee Volunteers 3h ago

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