Quarterback Nico Iamaleava has formally selected his new faculty and made a press release about his controversial switch.
Iamaleava has dedicated to UCLA, he introduced Sunday on Instagram. That confirms earlier reporting that mentioned the quarterback planned to play for the Bruins in 2025.
Iamaleava briefly addressed his choice to depart Tennessee as a part of the announcement. He thanked Volunteers followers for his or her help, and admitted that he had not deliberate on leaving as quickly as he did.
“To the wonderful folks in Knoxville, thanks for embracing and uplifting me all through my time there,” Iamaleava wrote. “I’ll be eternally grateful for the help you confirmed me each step of the way in which and I’ll at all times cherish the relationships I constructed there and the recollections I created with my brothers. I consider with all my coronary heart that I gave my all as a Volunteer. I’m actually grateful for the time I had at UT.
“My journey at UT has come to an finish. This choice was extremely troublesome, and in truth, not one thing I anticipated to make this quickly. However I belief God’s timing, and I consider He’s main me the place I should be.”
