Nico Iamaleava’s transfer from the Tennessee Volunteers to UCLA Bruins didn’t just give the Bruins a much-needed quarterback; it also provided a significant boost to the program. The 20-year-old signal-caller’s arrival fundamentally shifted UCLA’s recruiting momentum and even the financial dynamics of how players are committing to Westwood.

Tennessee was the talk of the 2025 college football transfer portal cycle for all the wrong reasons as quarterback Nico Iamaleava departed from the program in arguably the most confounding saga of the...

“The arm strength is something that you get from watching him play at all, but he's just a talent,” Foster said.

The USC Trojans and UCLA Bruins have one of the biggest rivalries in college football and with the season less than a month away, UCLA coach DeShaun Foster took time during his media availability sessions to poke fun at the Bruins' crosstown rivals.