Tennessee moves from the start of Quarterback Nico ialavaavaSources said ESPN, as a result of their decision not to participate in practice on Friday in the middle of discussions about the school with the school.
Tennessee coach Josh Heupel informed the team at meetings on Saturday morning. Tennessee plays its spring game on Saturday afternoon. Sources said Iamaleava missing practice on Friday proved to be a twist.
Iamaleava announced the offensive coordinator Joey Halzle late on Friday evening that in the process of filling in paperwork and planning to enter the transmission portal next week, when it opens on Wednesday, said sources Chris Low. Hepel and other employees missed Iamaleav and/or his representatives who missed the practice and meetings earlier on Friday.
Standoff stems between the two parties from the contract of Iamaleavy and the school decided to reduce the ties after these conversations appeared publicly this week and Iamaleava subsequently skipped the practice.
Tennessee was aware that Iamaleavy representatives addressed at least one other school, OregonBefore the start of spring practice, sources said ESPN, but Oregon said he wasn’t interested.
The day before the winter portal ended in January, the representatives of Iamaleavy asked for its agreement to increase to a range of $ 4 million, but Tennessee did not tax his agreement.
“This time we did not let ourselves,” said the source ESPN.
Iamaleava earned $ 2.4 million on a contract that was reported by $ 8 million when it signed it. However, he began to receive payments when he was still in high school, and the total value of the contract would be closer to $ 10 million during the life of the agreement, ESPN said.
Iamaleava has just finished its red shirt season, which means there would be three seasons left in its next goal. Spring Transfer opens on Wednesday and is expected to be the most important player available.
Iamaleava showed his first year as a starter that led Tennessee to a college football playoff and the 10-3 season. He threw at 2,616 yards, 19 landing and 5 wiretaps. Completed 63.8% of his passages.
Vols’s offense ended No. 9 in 16 SEC teams last year in scoring the offense in the league game and he was the league Quarterback No. 10 in the passing yards to the game (200.6).
This step puts Tennessee and Iamaleav in difficult situations heading to the 2025 season. The departure of Iamaleavy leaves Tennessee with only two scholarships Quarterbacks, none of which has started a university game, so that it will be inevitable.
One of the factors approaching both parties is that the SEC rules prohibit transfer to the conference in the spring if the player wants immediate capability. This means that Iamaleava cannot go to the SEC school and no quarterback on the Sec list can go to Tennessee if they hope to play in 2025.
According to ESPN sources, Tennessee’s Collective officials have already begun to address third parties associated with potential compensation by Iamaleava for 2025.
With future uncertain officials of Iamaleavy, collective officials began to call on Friday to see what the potential market could look like. One Quarterback received more money from his school on Friday after Tennessee’s team called third -party officials tied to him, ESPN said.
This step gives backup quarterback redshirt Jake Tags Next year, Tennessee starter in the driver’s seat. It is difficult, although it is not impossible to come in, learn a crime and won the initial work in the summer camp. The real newcomer George Macintyre is a backup and Tennessee has a TOP-10 recruit in class 2026, Faizon Brandon, committed. It is a five -star, which is the total Quarterback No. 3 ESPN.
The Iamaleava market will be fascinating, especially if it is looking for the same amount of money (in the middle of $ 2 million). Although the system is available in the system in the next few months before the income time codification, it is difficult for the program to bring a high -end zero requirements to the late spring portal with a high price.
It is not only disturbing for the current Quarterback room, but it could also disrupt the dressing room. Many schools also have their Quarterback salaries structured for 2025.
This step, which reduced links with Iamaleava, has developed as a classic story of modern college football when Iamaleava arrived at school with a historical treaty that was more than $ 8 million in an agreement.
Now they will leave both Tennessee’s Quarterback Room and his own future shrouded uncertainty.
In this report, information from Chris Low from ESPN was used.
