Three months after Nico Iamaleava left Tennessee for UCLA and shook the college football world amidst the most significant contract dispute in the NIL era, the star quarterback finally broke his silence.

The new Bruins quarterback disputed reports about the reasons behind his dramatic departure from Knoxville and discussed his perspective on what happened.

Iamaleava brings with him a winning mindset to UCLA that they desperately need. While UCLA hasn’t won a national championship since 1954, Iamaleava at least brings a fresh perspective and lofty goals to a program that’s been mediocre at best for far too long.