On the heels of an eventful offseason, UCLA Bruins transfer quarterback Nico Iamaleava is poised to make an instant tangible impact to the program and is already turning heads as a prospect in the 2026 NFL Draft.

ESPN released a list of the top quarterback prospects to know for the 2026 NFL Draft, highlighted by the likes of Penn State's Drew Allar, Miami's Carson Beck and Clemsons' Cade Klubnik, just to name a few.

Iamaleava didn't make the cut in the "Top names to know" section that include the above quarterbacks and a few other names that are prime candidates to be impactful prospects in the pros, but he was listed in the "best of the rest" section by ESPN NFL Draft Analyst Jordan Reid.

Reid wrote about the redshirt sophomore quarterback:

"Iamaleava's offseason was eventful and ende

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