When Nico Iamaleava and his camp started getting greedy, head coach Josh Heupel made a decisive move, dismissing him after he chose to skip practice the day before a game. This wasn't an isolated incident.

Running back transfer Anthony Woods was a productive player at Idaho, rushing for totals of 2,027 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2022 and ’23. He transferred to Utah last offseason but was plagued by injury and didn’t carry the ball once for the Utes in ’24.

Nico Iamaleava's dad and adviser Corell Landers denied that negotiations were going down after reports started to surface. Sources close to Iamaleava claim that it wasn't true. It