Nico Iamaleava's brother Madden Iamaleava thrown into NIL buyout crosshairs after also switching to UCLA

Nearly 2 weeks person passed since Tennessee caput manager Josh Heupel announced Nico Iamaleava would not instrumentality to the Volunteers adjacent season. 

Shortly aft the announcement, the backmost revealed helium was transferring to UCLA for the 2025 season. 

The caller Bruins backmost present appears to person a imaginable backup he's acquainted with.

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Warren backmost Madden Iamaleava is nether unit from St. Bonaventure's Jacob Moraga arsenic helium fires a walk during the archetypal 4th of the Seraphs' 24-21 triumph successful the CIF-SS Division III title crippled Nov. 25, 2023, astatine Ventura High's Larrabee Stadium. (Joe Lumaya/Special to the Star/USA Today Network)

Madden Iamaleava, Nico's brother, is besides reportedly heading to Los Angeles. On3 reported the younger Iamaleava intends to power his committedness from Arkansas to UCLA.

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Nico was slotted by 247 Sports astatine No. 22 among 2025 precocious schoolhouse quarterbacks arsenic a four-star recruit. But Iamaleava's determination against suiting up for Arkansas could person superior ramifications.

According to Front Office Sports, Arkanas' name, representation and likeness (NIL) corporate issued a brace of request letters to players requesting the fulfillment of buyout clauses.

"Arkansas’s NIL corporate has sent 2 request letters to players asking to fulfill buyout clauses, root tells Front Office Sports," a newsman from the outlet wrote connected X. "The AD’s comments yesterday were referring to aggregate players who near earlier NIL contracts expired, including Madden Iamaleava."

Arkansas is seeking an estimated $200,000 from Madden Iamaleava, according to the report. 

Tennessee Volunteers backmost Nico Iamaleava walks disconnected the tract aft a triumph against the Vanderbilt Commodores astatine FirstBank Stadium Nov. 30, 2024. (Steve Roberts/Imagn Images)

Heupel said Nico's determination to skip signifier during his name, representation and likeness (NIL) declaration negotiations with Tennessee led to the split. 

Tennessee backmost Nico Iamaleava drops backmost to walk against Arkansas during the 2nd fractional Oct. 5, 2024, successful Fayetteville, Ark.  (AP Photo/Michael Woods)

Nico Iamaleava was making $2.4 cardinal connected an NIL contract. But erstwhile helium signed it, it was reported to beryllium worthy an estimated $8 million. Iamaleava received the archetypal outgo erstwhile helium was inactive enrolled successful precocious school. ESPN reported the full worth of the woody could person reached astir $10 million.

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Iamaleava finished the 2024 play with the Volunteers with 2,616 passing yards and 19 touchdowns against 5 interceptions.

UCLA finished the 2024 run with a disappointing 5-7 grounds aft the Bruins' archetypal play successful the Big Ten Conference.

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