PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Nico Iamaleava made a bigger splash in the transfer portal than he did in his debut for UCLA.

The highly touted quarterback who left Tennessee after taking the Volunteers to the College Football Playoff last season struggled in a 43-10 loss to Utah at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night.

Iamaleava was sacked four times for 28 yards lost. He was 11 of 22 for 136 yards passing with one touchdown and one interception.

“Nico’s a competitor. He’s not going to quit; he keeps playing hard,” Bruins second-year coach DeShaun Foster said. "Kept motivating the guys around him. We’ve got to do a better job of protecting him and keeping him upright.”

Iamaleava was the Bruins' leading rusher with 13 carries for 47 yards, the most by a UCLA quarterback since Ethan Garbers had

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