Nico Iamaleava officially committed to play football at UCLA last week, returning to his home state after spending his first two seasons of college football at Tennessee. Iamaleava entered the transfer portal after skipping Tennessee's practice the day before the team’s spring game,

UCLA is coming off a losing season in coach DeShaun Foster's first year, but landing Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava has the Bruins feeling like winners.

Tennessee coach Josh Heupel made a bold move when he decided to move on from quarterback Nico Iamaleava after an NIL dispute. Already, the impact of that move is starting to be felt.  Tennessee, which at +700 was ranked as the fourth-most likely team to win the SEC championship,