Nico Iamaleava Transfer Portal Odds: Where Will Tennessee QB Play In 2025?

In the wake of this weekend’s shocking news that former five-star recruit Nico Iamaleava is leaving the Tennessee Volunteers, BetTennessee.com compiled some hypothetical odds on which NCAA team has the best chance at landing the Southern California native this offseason, with a Big Ten team leading the way right now.

Nico Iamaleava Transfer Portal Odds

Team	Percentage Chance	Odds
UCLA Bruins	25.0%	+300
USC Trojans	18.2%	+450
Texas Tech Red Raiders	14.3%	+600
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	11.1%	+800
Oregon Ducks	11.1%	+800
Tulane Green Wave	9.1%	+1000
The Field	10.0%	+900

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Who Signs Nico Iamaleava Out Of The Transfer Portal?

For now, we’re going with the UCLA Bruins and DeShaun Foster as the early odds-on favorite to land the former UT star, with the Bruins checking in at +300 to land him, ranking just ahead of another SoCal stalwart in USC (+450).

Two years ago, Iamaleava chose Tennessee over four other FBS programs, including SEC rivals Alabama and Auburn, with two former Pac-12 (now Big 12) teams in Arizona and ASU being the others to make the final cut in 2023.

Whichever program gets Iamaleava out of the portal is getting a player that’s gone 11-3 in the college ranks, leading UT to the program’s first CFP berth on the heels of a 2,616-yard, 19-touchdown redshirt freshman campaign with the SEC program.

Two other programs that we have on Iamaleava watch right now are the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, who clock in at +800, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders (+600) as the college football world waits to see what shakes out from the five-star high school recruit’s decision to leave Knoxville after two years with the Volunteers.

USA Today photo by Brianna Paciorka.

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Christopher Boan

Christopher Boan writes for BetTennessee.com and has been covering sports and sports betting for more than seven years, with experience at ArizonaSports.com, the Tucson Weekly and the Green Valley News.