Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava holding out for more NIL money. UPDATE: Nico enters transfer portal and going to UCLA

[CBalla]

getting a mil to play ball near his home town another year of eligibility left to make another mil not even drinking age yet


haters mad that they wont make that in 10 summers

 

[Tribal Outkast]

One of the woat bet on yourself moments

 

[jmegamar]

AI is wild

 

[djthegreat88]

He would put up gaudy numbers at Tenn but would not be prepared for NFL at all with their gimmicky ass offense that doesn’t translate at all. Hendon Hooker is terrible NFL QB who can’t read a defense at all. None of these WRs Tenn produces are ready for NFL either

 

[Eye Cue DA COLI GAWD]

This guy will be the Browns next QB

 

[MikelArteta]

One of the woat bet on yourself moments

meh he's getting paid at least, that dumb ass unlv qb matthew sluka still takes the cake

 

[IIVI]

Much better from the pocket this year. When he sees pressure in his face he stands and makes some great passes without bailing out.

No way he makes those 2nd half reads and throws yesterday if he was still at Tennessee. Even saw him audible and change the play up. By the end of the year dude going to figure out a whole lot about being a better QB.

I think leaving Tennessee and going into Sunseri’s system which is similar to what Fernando Mendoza is running at Indiana has done wonders for his growth as a QB already.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

No one really denying his talent, is the way he’s going about his career.

Lol

I've noticed these Samoan/Polynesian QBs really are about their bread.

DJ
Nico
Raiola
Tua (NFL obviously)


In regards to Nico I get wanting a more pro style offense. However, all money aint good money it appears. The right path to the NFL can lead to 30 to 40 mill dollars a year within 5 years. Not saying that was a lock, but at least have that possibility. It looks like a wrap and day 3 pick is the best hope.

 

[MikelArteta]

I've noticed these Samoan/Polynesian QBs really are about their bread.

DJ
Nico
Raiola
Tua (NFL obviously)


In regards to Nico I get wanting a more pro style offense. However, all money aint good money it appears. The right path to the NFL can lead to 30 to 40 mill dollars a year within 5 years. Not saying that was a lock, but at least have that possibility. It looks like a wrap and day 3 pick is the best hope.

i mean dj struggalei prob made like 3-4 mill in his college career and is now a practice squad player making 13k a week, plus his brother is going to be a top ten pick in this upcoming draft

 

[IIVI]

I've noticed these Samoan/Polynesian QBs really are about their bread.

DJ
Nico
Raiola
Tua (NFL obviously)


In regards to Nico I get wanting a more pro style offense. However, all money aint good money it appears. The right path to the NFL can lead to 30 to 40 mill dollars a year within 5 years. Not saying that was a lock, but at least have that possibility. It looks like a wrap and day 3 pick is the best hope.

I think he goes within three rounds the latest.

Too much pure arm strength, ideal height and mobility. The fact he’s getting better as a Pro System QB will definitely raise his stock.

I’d personally like to see him stay in UCLA for one more year, really soak up Sunseri’s knowledge. However, he’s made big strides in one offseason so he may do that in the pro game as well.

I don’t see him slipping past the Rams round 2. That’s a win-win fit.

 

[Tony D'Amato]

His family gave him horrible advice

 

[Drake's Tan]

 

[Drake's Tan]

One of the woat bet on yourself moments

Up there with Billy Napier keeping himself as play caller at Florida for all 4 years because "he finds it fun".

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Let short term bag chasing fukk up your entire career

 

[jadillac]

Yup, this is a good breakdown of the system:






That part about having zero pre-snap reads for a QB to make isn’t getting any QB ready for the NFL. If someone stays in that system they’re basically guaranteeing they won’t be pro-ready and have limited experiences reading defenses.

Basically a system you can’t run in the NFL and why they kept recruiting big arm players because all they want them to do is throw downfield. I really wonder where Joe Milton may be if he went to a better QB school.

Sunseri’s system at UCLA in contrast makes far more use of pre-snap motion, shifts and protection checks for the QB to diagnose and ID both pressure and coverage. Then there are actual progressions post-snap. A legit Pro-Style offense where the QB needs to make decisions and communicate with the offense. Nico right now is reading defenses more than he ever has as a college QB. It’s probably one of the more Pro-Style offenses around in CFB.

I think he should honestly stay one more year and really unlearn any bad habits at Tennessee.

Oh we're getting way in the weeds here. Lol.
I'm here for it.

Dillon Gabriel ran a variation of this same offense at OU (Jeff Lebby as OC) for 2 yrs AND also at UCF (under Heupel ) prior to that, he was very successful.

I don't think the system is bad and I don't think it causes a lack of development in QBs. Hendon Hooker and the other qb prior to him were really good throwing the football, and super accurate. You can't teach accuracy.

Nico is just not that good. We olayed them last year and lost, but all we heard about prior to the game was Nico this and that. He really didn't do much overall and in the 2nd half thry ran the ball heavily to not expose him