Nico Iamaleava

QB · #9 · UCLA · SR · 6'5" · 215 · Long Beach, CA

Projected QB starter

982 2026 pass yards
4-4 2026 TD-INT
137.7 Passer rating
34 Career games (30 starts)

Career

SeasonTeamGPGSCmp-Att Pass yds TD-INT Rtg Rush yds
2026 UCLA5572-116 982 4-4 137.7 144
2025 UCLA1111208-323 1,928 13-7 123.5 505
2024 Tennessee1313213-334 2,616 19-5 145.3 358
2023 Tennessee5128-45 314 2-0 135.5 71

2026 Percentile vs QBs

Pass yards per game 196.4 45
Completion rate 62.1% 42
Yards per attempt 8.5 74
TD rate 3.4% 20
INT rate 3.4% 16
Passer rating 137.7 47

Around Nico

Projected 2026 starters · 2026 production
RB Wayne Knight RB · 571 rush yds · 6g
WR-X Brian Rowe Jr. WR · 209 rec yds · 6g
WR-Z Landon Ellis WR · 125 rec yds · 5g
WR-SL Semaj Morgan WR · 313 rec yds · 6g
TE Josh Phifer TE · 12 rec yds · 4g

The situation

UCLA 2026 offense ›
Explosive play rate 14.8% 87
Red zone TD rate 70.3% 41
Line yards per carry 3.0 86
Sack rate allowed 5.4% 56

2026 Game log

WeekOpponentCompletions Pass attempts Passing yards Passing TDs INTs Carries Rushing yards Rushing TDs Sacks taken
W1 @ CAL14 22 184 0 1 9 29 1 2
W2 SDSU14 22 151 0 1 13 57 0 2
W3 PUR19 31 276 3 0 7 55 0 1
W4 @ MD15 24 209 1 0 6 2 0 1
W6 @ ORE10 17 162 0 2 7 1 0 1

Recruiting

2023 class · 247 composite

Five-star high school recruit

The 2023 board
#1 Arch Manning QB · Isidore Newman TEX
#2 Keon Keeley EDGE · Berkeley Prep ALA
#3 Nico Iamaleava QB · Warren TENN
#4 Zachariah Branch WR · Bishop Gorman USC
#5 Dante Moore QB · Martin Luther King UCLA
QBs in the class
#1 Matt Vezza York Community
#1 Arch Manning Isidore Newman TEX
#2 Nico Iamaleava Warren TENN
#3 Dante Moore Martin Luther King UCLA
#4 Jackson Arnold Denton Guyer OKLA
2026 · 45th pctile of QBs
Recruit · 100th pctile of class

The pedigree says there is more in there.