UCLA quarterback Joey Aguilar transfers to Tennessee after Nico Iamaleava's move from Vols to Bruins: report

A time aft Nico Iamaleava announced his determination to permission Tennessee for UCLA, it appears that a backmost "trade" has been completed.

Joey Aguilar, who joined the Bruins done the wintertime portal, volition present beryllium headed to Knoxville and joining the Volunteers, ESPN reports.

Iamaleava's saga was highly-publicized, arsenic it stemmed from a reported rift with Tennessee implicit NIL negotiations.

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Appalachian State Mountaineers backmost Joey Aguilar (4) throws a warmup walk earlier the crippled against the South Alabama Jaguars astatine Kidd Brewer Stadium. 

ESPN reported that Iamaleava was seeking a woody worthy $4 cardinal for adjacent play with Tennessee, which helium led to the College Football Playoff past season. He reportedly felt helium deserved what different quarterbacks who transferred were getting, including Carson Beck, who left the Georgia Bulldogs to articulation the Miami Hurricanes. 

Iamaleava's NIL play with the Vols sent daze waves done assemblage shot due to the fact that helium became the first-ever assemblage subordinate to clasp retired from a programme for a bigger payout. His woody was reportedly worthy up to $10 cardinal implicit aggregate seasons, and helium was acceptable to marque $2.4 cardinal this upcoming season, during which helium could acceptable himself up arsenic a first-round prime successful the 2026 NFL Draft.

Tennessee Volunteers backmost Nico Iamaleava (8) walks disconnected the tract aft the triumph against the Vanderbilt Commodores during the 2nd fractional astatine FirstBank Stadium connected November 30, 2024. (Steve Roberts-Imagn Images)

Nic Iamaleava, Nico's father, denied his lad was pushing for much NIL wealth earlier the season, telling Front Office Sports this past Monday, "The communicative was bulls---."

Aguilar played past play astatine Appalachian State and made his determination earlier successful the offseason. But, Iamaleava confirmed connected Sunday helium was headed to UCLA, forcing Aguilar's hand.

With 1 much twelvemonth of eligibility, Aguilar has thrown for 6,760 yards and 56 touchdowns successful his past 2 seasons.

Tennessee backmost Nico Iamaleava (8) throws the shot during the archetypal 4th astatine FirstBank Stadium successful Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (IMAGN)

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Iamaleava threw for 2,616 yards with 19 touchdowns past season. Tennessee earned a College Football Playoff spot but fell to Ohio State and saw their nationalist rubric hopes crushed.

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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