UCLA’s Nico Iamaleava Makes Decision on Future amid Knee Injury, 2027 NFL Draft Rumors

Nico Iamaleava is coming back to school.

The UCLA quarterback’s agent, Rudy Caamano, told Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports the plan is for Iamaleava to return to the Bruins for the 2027 campaign. Zenitz noted the quarterback was “emerging as a possibility to go in the first three rounds of next year’s NFL draft” before he suffered a torn ACL.

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