U CLA head coach Deshaun Foster doesn't quite understand some of the drama surrounding quarterback Nico Iamaleava's departure from the Tennessee Vols earlier this spring. Specifically, Foster doesn't understand why folks are making noise about the NIL aspect of Iamaleava's departure from Tennessee.

Tennessee was the talk of the 2025 college football transfer portal cycle for all the wrong reasons as quarterback Nico Iamaleava departed from the program in arguably the most confounding saga of the spring.

Joey Aguilar transferred to Tennessee and he is the presumed starter. However, ESPN believes he is better than Nico Iamaleava at avoided sacks.

And now, more details about his fallout with the Vols has been revealed via college football insider Kirk Herbstreit in his latest appearance on the Try That Small Town Podcast.

"That's Disgusting to Me": Kirk Herbstreit Slams Nico Iamaleava's Dad Over Alleged Demands to Josh Heupel originally appeared on Athlon Sports. In one of the more bizarre sequences of the transfer portal era, the Tennessee Volunteers football program allowed its starting quarterback to walk after multiple threats from him and his camp.