UCLA football linebacker Carson Schwesinger gears up for a play. Once a walk-on, Schwesinger is projected to be the first former Bruin to hear his name called in the 2025 NFL Draft. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor. Photo illustration by Shrey Chaganlal/Assistant Design director)
While spring practice is in full swing and UCLA football’s future seems to be taking center stage on social media, a group of former Bruins are preparing to begin their journeys at the next level.
It’s a risk putting all of your eggs into one basket – especially against a former Pac-12 rival.
And by the end of Easter Sunday, the Bruins had hatched just one win against the Ducks.
This post was updated April 22 at 3:52 p.m.
The title of college athlete is one that few can claim.
Of the over 7 million high school athletes in the United States, only about 2% go on to play at the D1 collegiate level – and even fewer for a Power Four program.
This post was updated April 22 at 11:11 p.m.
Joey Aguilar is headed to Tennessee. Madden Iamaleava is circling back to Westwood. And in the span of a day, the trajectory of UCLA football’s quarterback room has been completely rewritten.
ESPN’s Chris Low announced Monday afternoon that Aguilar, the redshirt senior who transferred to UCLA from Appalachian State in late December, plans to transfer to Tennessee – less than four months after taking first-team reps as the Bruins’ starting quarterback.
Just about an hour later, Low reported that Madden Iamaleava – newly-arrived five-star quarterback Nico Iamaleava’s younger brother – informed his now-former Arkansas coaches that he was headed to UCLA to reunite with his brother in Westwood.
The back-to-back moves cap a 26-hour sequence for UCLA and Tennessee, which have effectively swapped quarterbacks.
The Bruins have rarely failed to put the ball in play this season.
The squad averages 2.82 strikeouts per game – its lowest since 2002.
But with Oregon’s Lyndsey Grein in the circle, the status quo changed.
It was one of those weeks where headlines could have hijacked the narrative.
The online rumor mill didn’t sleep for three days – whispers that former five-star quarterback Nico Iamaleava was en route to Westwood from Tennessee reverberated across social media.
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