As Tennessee wraps its spring practice slate, the Volunteers have decided to move on from star QB Nico Iamaleava amid NIL contract negotiations. The talks escalated to the point that Iamaleava did not attend Tennessee's practice Friday ahead of its Orange & White spring game on Saturday,

Tennessee is moving forward without quarterback Nico Iamaleava, and coach Josh Heupel said Saturday he had a simple message to the remaining Volunteers. No one is bigger than the Power T, including the coach himself. Even now in the different landscape that is college football.

Nico Iamaleava’s time at Tennessee has come to a sudden end following a dispute over his $2 million NIL deal. The former five-star quarterback, who was once seen as the future of the Vols, is now entering the transfer portal after a reported holdout and demands for a renegotiation of his NIL contract.