UCLA Bruins, Tennessee Volunteers Swap Quarterbacks in Historic NIL ‘Trade’

The era of Name, Image and Likeness has produced some absolutely wild situations in college football, but none perhaps more so than we have seen play out over the last week.

After Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Nico Iamaleava tried to negotiate a raise on his already historic NIL deal that had him commit as a highly rated prospect, the program effectively moved on.

Iamaleava badly miscalculated what Tennessee may be willing to pay him when he skipped practice and head coach Josh Heupel had enough.