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2025 Tennessee Football Preview: A trio of talented options ready to fight to succeed Nico Iamaleava

As just about every casual sports fan in the country knows by now, the Tennessee Volunteers will have a new starting quarterback in 2025 after the bizarre end to Nico Iamaleava’s time in Knoxville on the eve of the spring game back in April.

With Iamaleava off to UCLA through the transfer portal, Josh Heupel will have a new signal caller running his offense this fall, and he’ll have a trio of candidates to pick from.

The Outside Veteran

In an odd twist of fate, the Vols landed the QB who was set to start for UCLA this fall before Iamaleava arrived in Knoxville.