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 coach DeShaun Foster says everyone competes for their jobs every year, so it was natural for the Bruins to sign talented transfer Nico Iamaleava.

UCLA was the expected landing spot for Iamaleava, who split with Tennessee amid attempts to renegotiate his NIL contract.