Plans for five-star freshman quarterback Nico Iamaleava changed somewhere during the course of the season. Josh Heupel admitted early in the year that his staff had no plans to redshirt the former No. 1 overall player. However, really starting with the Austin Peay debacle, the door opened for Iamaleava to redshirt.
Playing out down the stretch today, it was clear that became the plan. Joe Milton played out the rest of Georgia’s blowout win over Tennessee, even with the game well in hand. It certainly seemed to make sense to get Iamaleava reps against one of the nation’s best defenses, but instead, Heupel opted to reserve the redshirt.