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Nico Iamaleava

NicoIamaleava

Long Beach, CAWarren
Jersey
#9
Pos
QB
HT / WT
6-5.5 / 190
Class
JR
NIL Valuation
$1.1M
90.00
UCLA
College Rankings
NatlQB#33
97.94
Portal Rankings
Natl#2QB#2
Experience
2025 – present
Year
Redshirt Junior
Age
21
The Journey
Class of 2023
UCLA Bruins
ENROLLED
Tennessee Volunteers
TRANSFER
Warren Bears
Warren Bears
2020 – 2022
HIGH SCHOOL
Long Beach Poly Jackrabbits
HIGH SCHOOL

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Reminds Us Of

Justin Herbert
Justin Herbert
QB / 6-6 / 225
OregonOregon · HS Class of 2016
Los Angeles2020 Draft · Rnd 1 · Pick 6

Like Justin Herbert, Nico Iamaleava is a taller, big-armed quarterback with some of the better natural physical tools we've seen from a quarterback in the last few recruiting cycles. Both check in at over 6-foot-5 and have big arms with the ability to drive the football to all levels of the field. They're also gifted athletically, with the reactive quickness to make plays with their mobility.

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Personal Life

Nicholaus Iamaleava received scholarship offers in volleyball long before he picked up his first offer in football. Iamaleava is ranked by some volleyball analysts as the top high school volleyball prospect in the country. He played varsity volleyball as a freshman at Long Beach Poly – one of the top high school teams in the country. Iamaleava transferred from Poly to Downey (Calif.) Warren before the start of his junior season. His older brother, Matt, was a high school All-American in volleyball at Poly and is now at Long Beach State. His sister, Nicaylah, is playing volleyball at Cypress College. Overall, Iamaleava has seven siblings, and all are standouts at one level or another. His parents are Nic and Marleinna Iamaleava. His mother was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer at the end of 2020 and the community rallied to raise thousands of dollars to support her fight against the disease. Iamaleava plans on majoring in business. He lists his hobbies as playing video games and training his dogs.

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