Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025UCLA
Nico Iamaleava
QB • 6'6" • 215 lbs • Long Beach, CA, USA
Dual-threat creatorVolume operator
Nico Iamaleava is a dual-threat creator with 32.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
50
Solid production for a quarterback
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Tennessee • UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Nico Iamaleava built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Tennessee and UCLA. The clearest part of Nico Iamaleava's career was his passing...
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- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Nico Iamaleava, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCLA. Nico Iamaleava is a dual-threat creator with 32.7 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 5,798
- Passing yards
- 4,858
- Rushing yards
- 940
- Touchdowns
- 44
Quick Answers
Nico Iamaleava quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 5,798
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Warren · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Warren · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Sophomore
- 2025 Total offense rank
- 2,433 total offense · QB 78th (top 19%) · Big Ten 10th (top 5%) · National 78th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Tennessee | 5 | 178 | 151 | 27 | 4 | 38.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 5 | 207 | 163 | 44 | 1 | 38.2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Tennessee | 13 | 151 | 104 | 47 | 2 | 72.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 13 | 2,829 | 2,512 | 317 | 20 | 72.9 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 2,433 | 1,928 | 505 | 17 | 75 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Nico Iamaleava played QB for Tennessee and UCLA. Across 3 tracked seasons, Nico Iamaleava recorded 4,858 passing yards, 940 rushing yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
UCLA paired 2,433 primary output with 61.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 61.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, UCLA.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 81.8th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2025 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
11
Primary Metric / G
221.2
Efficiency
61.6
Usage
32.7
Consistency
84.1
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah: 183. UNLV: 314. New Mexico: 250. Northwestern: 245. Penn State: 294. Michigan State: 183. Maryland: 246. Indiana: 141. Nebraska: 277. Washington: 85. USC: 215
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 35 by 54.9. UNLV: 52 by 66.6. New Mexico: 40 by 65.3. Northwestern: 41 by 68.1. Penn State: 40 by 77.1. Michigan State: 30 by 58.5. Maryland: 43 by 55.3. Indiana: 34 by 48.3. Nebraska: 40 by 72.3. Washington: 31 by 53.9. USC: 49 by 57.1
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins241 · Games = 3 · +27.3 vs Losses
Losses213.8 · Games = 8 · -27.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
77.1 vs Penn State
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ USC | L 10-29 | 27 | 38 | 200 | 71.1 | 1 | 0 | 57.1 | 11 | 15 | 1.40 | 0 | 11 |
| Sun 11/23 | vs Washington | L 14-48 | 16 | 26 | 69 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 53.9 | 5 | 16 | 3.20 | 0 | 26 |
| Sun 11/9 | vs NebraskaDual-threat | L 21-28 | 17 | 25 | 191 | 68.0 | 2 | 0 | 72.3 | 15 | 86 | 5.70 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Indiana | L 6-56 | 13 | 27 | 113 | 48.1 | 0 | 2 | 48.3 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Maryland | W 20-17 | 21 | 35 | 221 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 55.3 | 8 | 25 | 3.10 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Michigan State3+ TD | W 38-13 | 16 | 24 | 180 | 66.7 | 3 | 0 | 58.5 | 6 | 3 | 0.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Penn State3+ TD · Dual-threat | W 42-37 | 17 | 24 | 166 | 70.8 | 2 | 0 | 77.1 | 16 | 128 | 8 | 3 | 52 |
| Sat 9/27 | @ NorthwesternDual-threat | L 14-17 | 19 | 27 | 180 | 70.4 | 1 | 0 | 68.1 | 14 | 65 | 4.60 | 0 | 32 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs New Mexico | L 10-35 | 22 | 34 | 217 | 64.7 | 1 | 1 | 65.3 | 6 | 33 | 5.50 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 9/7 | @ UNLVDual-threat | L 23-30 | 29 | 41 | 255 | 70.7 | 1 | 1 | 66.6 | 11 | 59 | 5.40 | 1 | 30 |
| Sun 8/31 | vs Utah | L 10-43 | 11 | 22 | 136 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 54.9 | 13 | 47 | 3.60 | 0 | 21 |
Player Story
Nico Iamaleava story
Nico Iamaleava built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a quarterback from Long Beach, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Tennessee and UCLA. The clearest part of Nico Iamaleava's career was his passing role: 4,858 passing yards, 34 touchdown passes, 702 attempts, and 940 rushing yards across 29 career games in the available record. His career also includes 940 rushing yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Nico Iamaleava's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Tennessee
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
UCLA
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Tennessee | 385 | 62.8 | 8.4 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Tennessee | 385 | 62.8 | 8.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Tennessee | 2,980 | 65.8 | 19.9 | 2,595 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Tennessee | 2,980 | 65.8 | 19.9 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UCLA | 2,433 | 61.6 | 32.7 | -547 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 46 Nebraska
Week 11 · L 21-28 · Conference game
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
277
Total Offense
83.5 takeover
277 total offense with 72.3 efficiency.
#2
@ No. 57 UNLV
Week 2 · L 23-30
314
Total Offense
82.7 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
314 total offense with 66.6 efficiency.
#3
@ No. 51 Northwestern
Week 5 · L 14-17 · Conference game
245
Total Offense
82 takeover
Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
245 total offense with 68.1 efficiency.
#4
vs No. 15 Penn State
Week 6 · W 42-37 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
294
Total Offense
79.3 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
294 total offense with 77.1 efficiency.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 1 · W 35-0 · Postseason
178
Total Offense
74.5 takeover
Win with 178 yards of offense and 61.8 efficiency.
178 total offense with 61.8 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · UCLA
2,433 primary output · 61.6 efficiency · 32.7 usage
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#2
2024 Postseason · Tennessee
72.9
2,980 primary · 65.8 efficiency · 19.9 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Tennessee
72.9
2,980 primary · 65.8 efficiency · 19.9 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
3
300+ total offense
7
3+ TD games
18
Above avg efficiency
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