{"id":34786,"date":"2025-05-08T22:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/34786\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T22:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:13:14","slug":"ncaaf-news-ucla-qb-who-transferred-after-nico-iamaleavas-arrival-finds-new-home-in-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/34786\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAAF News: UCLA QB who transferred after Nico Iamaleava’s arrival finds new home in college football"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Nico Iamaleava<\/a> and his transfer to the UCLA Bruins continues its domino effect over the roster in Los Angeles as another quarterback in the program has now announced his transfer to another school in the state of California.<\/p>\n

The NCAA<\/a> transfer portal continues to deliver great twists and turns to an otherwise quiet stretch of the year during college football\u2019s offseason. This time around, the UCLA Bruins are in centerstage, once again, as a quarterback in DeShaun Foster\u2019s team has now changed address, staying in the Golden State, nevertheless.<\/p>\n

Iamaleava has yet to touch down in Los Angeles, as the transfer process requires him to complete his academic obligations at his previous institution, and he is expected at UCLA<\/a> during the summer. <\/p>\n

Despite being 2,199 miles away in Knoxville, Iamaleava continues to impact the daily life on campus at UCLA. Quarterbacks in the program have now departed, making way for Nico and his brother Madden Iamaleava. On that note, freshman Robert McDaniel is transferring to San Jose State ahead of his first year in college football<\/a>, as reported by On3.<\/p>\n

\"Nico<\/p>\n

Nico Iamaleava #8 of the Tennessee Volunteers warms up before a game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Neyland Stadium on September 30, 2023 in Knoxville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Short-lived stay in LA<\/p>\n

McDaniel committed to UCLA as a three-star recruit in the 2025 recruiting class, but has now signed with the San Jose State Spartans<\/a>, as the QB room LA is preparing to welcome in Nicholas and Madden Iamaleava ahead of the 2025 NCAA season.<\/p>\n

\"College<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

College football\u2019s greatest records: The unstoppable moments of excellence<\/p>\n

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McDaniel, who was born and raised in California, joins Joey Aguilar in the list of UCLA quarterbacks that have made use of the transfer portal after Iamaleava\u2019s transfer as their playing time would have dimished greatly\u2014if not entirely\u2014 with the former Vols\u2019 star\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n

SurveyWhich school will finish with a better record?<\/p>\n

Which school will finish with a better record?<\/p>\n

Aguilar completed what was virtually a trade in college football. The former Bruins\u2019 signal-caller signed with the Volunteers<\/a>, replacing Iamaleava under center for Josh Heupel\u2019s Tennessee during the 2025 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Nico Iamaleava and his transfer to the UCLA Bruins continues its domino effect over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,49,48,1439,13394,1541,517],"class_list":{"0":"post-34786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-nico-iamaleava","12":"tag-san-jose-state","13":"tag-tennessee-volunteers","14":"tag-ucla"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114474516780357617","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}