Nico Iamaleava

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

Projected QB starter

1,928 2025 pass yards

13-7 2025 TD-INT

123.5 Passer rating

29 Career games (25 starts)

Heisman odds (#33 board)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Cmp-Att	Pass yds	TD-INT	Rtg	Rush yds
2025	UCLA	11	11	208-323	1,928	13-7	123.5	505
2024	Tennessee	13	13	213-334	2,616	19-5	145.3	358
2023	Tennessee	5	1	28-45	314	2-0	135.5	71

2025 Percentile vs QBs

Pass yards per game 175.3 55

Completion rate 64.4% 66

Yards per attempt 6.0 21

TD rate 4.0% 33

INT rate 2.2% 56

Passer rating 123.5 33

Around Nico

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production

RB

Wayne Knight RB · 1,373 rush yds · 14g · at JMU

WR-X

Leland Smith WR · 688 rec yds · 12g · at SJSU

WR-Z

Landon Ellis WR · 624 rec yds · 13g · at JMU

WR-SL

Mikey Matthews WR · 348 rec yds · 12g

TE

Josh Phifer TE · 40 rec yds · 12g · at JMU

The situation

UCLA 2025 offense ›

Explosive play rate 10.0% 25

Red zone TD rate 62.9% 18

Line yards per carry 2.4 44

Sack rate allowed 7.0% 31

2025 Game log

Wk	Opponent	Cmp-Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sk taken
W1	UTAH	11-22	136	1	1	4
W2	@ UNLV	29-41	255	1	1	2
W3	UNM	22-34	217	1	1
W5	@ NW	19-27	180	1		3
W6	PSU	17-24	166	2		3
W7	@ MSU	16-24	180	3		2
W8	MD	21-35	221	1	2	2
W9	@ IND	13-27	113		2	3
W11	NEB	17-25	191	2		3
W13	WASH	16-26	69			1
W14	@ USC	27-38	200	1		4

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

Arch Manning Isidore Newman TEX

#2

Nico Iamaleava Warren TENN

#3

Dante Moore Martin Luther King UCLA

#4

Jackson Arnold Denton Guyer OKLA

#5

Malachi Nelson Los Alamitos USC

2025 · 55th pctile of QBs

Recruit · 100th pctile of class

The pedigree says there is more in there.