There are plenty of places capable of developing Iamaleava, but he's already got a good situation at Tennessee. Each of Heupel's last two starting quarterbacks (Hendon Hooker, Joe Milton) have made it to the NFL and are firmly entrenched with their respective teams.

Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava reportedly is negotiating a new multimillion-dollar NIL deal just ahead of the transfer portal opening on April 16.