Disturbing Nico Iamaleava Details Emerge After Tennessee Fallout
In what has been a rare occurrence in college athletics with NIL and the transfer portal, a college football team recently decided not to be held hostage by a player.
The Tennessee Volunteers recently let former five-star quarterback Nico Iamaleava walk after it was reported he was looking for his NIL payment to be raised from around $2.5 million to $4 million. Iamaleava quickly became the top player in the transfer portal, but what was expected to be a massive list of suitors essentially turned into just UCLA being in the mix.
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While him going to UCLA isn't a done deal as of Thursday morning, according to On3, more details from his time in Knoxville have surfaced, and they are not pretty.
Jon Reed of Fox Sports Knoxville revealed on a recent episode of "That SEC Podcast" that Iamaleava refused to partake in interviews, make appearances at NIL-sponsored events and would have his father verbally accost those who associated with events so he could get out of them.
Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Nico Iamaleava (8).Brianna Paciorka/USA TODAY Network via Imagn Images
"Some of these businesses that are helping fund this are like 'Hey, we need you to come do some appearances. We need you to come sign some autographs, spend some time with some kids...show up at a football camp,'" Reed said. "And everything behind the scenes says he had zero interest in that.
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"Here's what I was told," Reed said. "It was always 'hey, he would come to a place, if we asked him to do something, he would immediately call his dad...his dad would cuss us out and say that he doesn't have to do any of that. Nico goes home."
Reed also expressed that he doesn't think the Iamaleava family was prepared for Nico to be the face of a program, and all that comes with it.
In his lone year as the starter, Iamaleava threw for 2,616 yards with 19 touchdowns and five interceptions. Until the pen is put to paper with UCLA, fans may have to be on the lookout for more unexpected happenings in this saga.
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