Nico Iamaleava
UCLA Bruins
91
Elite

Nico Iamaleava

UCLA BruinsElite
RESDefenseElite
Projected Starter

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Nico Iamaleava is the projected starter at RES for UCLA Bruins.

Redshirt junior · #9 · 6'5", 215 lbs

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Depth at RES · UCLA Bruins

  1. 1698Tao JohnsonStarter
  2. 2785Mikey Matthews
  3. 3279Rodrick Pleasant
  4. 46469Sam Yoon
  5. 52465Jonah Smith

UCLA Starting Lineup

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Up next for UCLA

UCLA plays Minnesota away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

A Five-Star Talent

A 5-star recruit out of Warren, ranked #3 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 1,928 passing yards, 13 TD, 7 INT. That's 89% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit5★ · #3 NatlTeam Share89%
Long Beach, CA
Jersey
#9
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
215 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonPass YdsTDINT
20251928137

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★★5-star
Composite
0.9980
National Rank
#3
High School
Warren
Hometown
Long Beach, CA

Why this rating?

On a 98-rated defense; 77th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them +0 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
98
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 77% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
+0 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WOREYDS 162
CMP-ATT
10-17
YDS
162
TD
0
INT
2
QBR
115.3
CAR
7
YDS
1
AVG
0.1
TD
0

Final W 17-15

Sep 26WMDYDS 209
CMP-ATT
15-24
YDS
209
TD
1
INT
0
QBR
149.4
CAR
6
YDS
2
AVG
0.3
TD
0

Final W 54-3

Sep 20WPURYDS 276
CMP-ATT
19-31
YDS
276
TD
3
INT
0
QBR
168.0
CAR
7
YDS
55
AVG
7.9
TD
0

Final W 52-38

Sep 12WSDSUYDS 151
CMP-ATT
14-22
YDS
151
TD
0
INT
1
QBR
112.2
CAR
13
YDS
57
AVG
4.4
TD
0

Final W 28-10

Sep 6WCALYDS 184
CMP-ATT
14-22
YDS
184
TD
0
INT
1
QBR
124.8
CAR
9
YDS
29
AVG
3.2
TD
1

Final W 45-24

Nico Iamaleava's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

X-Factor
QB: 1928 pass yds · 13 TD · 7 INT
Usage / Involvement100%
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