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UCLA without Nico Iamaleava

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UCLA is 3–0 without Nico Iamaleava this season and 5–0 with him. Since 2025, UCLA is 3–1 in the 4 games he missed and 8–8 with him.

Out for the season (lower leg / knee injury), per espn.com.

Nico Iamaleava’s page

, a game

This season

MeasureWith Nico Iamaleava5 gamesWithout3 gamesDifference
Record5–03–0
Points, over expected+7.8−6.5+14.4
Passing yards, over expected−15.3+8.5−23.7
Against the line+16.8+4.7+12.1
Points allowed, over expected+0.1−12.0+12.1
Margin, over expected+5.1+3.0+2.2
Rushing yards, over expected+56.9−24.9+81.8
Carries, over expected+3.1−0.7+3.7
Yards a carry6.394.37+2.02
Pass attempts, over expected−4.4+3.9−8.3
Total yards, over expected+37.4−17.8+55.3
Third-down conversion rate, over expected+0.7%+7.2%−6.5
Penalty yards, over expected+23.2−4.3+27.4

3 games without him is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Nico Iamaleava16 gamesWithout4 gamesDifference
Record8–83–1
Points, over expected+0.9−4.1+5.0
Passing yards, over expected−15.7+10.2−25.9
Against the line+1.2+2.3−1.1
Points allowed, over expected+0.4−5.7+6.0
Margin, over expected+0.5+0.50.0
Rushing yards, over expected+16.6−24.2+40.8
Carries, over expected+0.4−1.5+1.9
Yards a carry5.073.96+1.11
Pass attempts, over expected−1.3+1.7−2.9
Total yards, over expected+2.3−11.2+13.5
Third-down conversion rate, over expected−1.4%+7.7%−9.1
Penalty yards, over expected+12.2−2.2+14.4

Who played instead

His teammates without him

This season

MeasureWith Nico IamaleavaWithoutDifference
Wayne Knight, RB
Rushing yards109.644.0+65.6
Carries14.213.0+1.2
Ty Dieffenbach, QB
Passing yards43.0213.3−170.3
Pass attempts6.031.3−25.3
Anthony Woods, RB
Rushing yards61.662.3−0.7
Carries9.010.0−1.0
Jaivian Thomas, RB
Rushing yards32.635.7−3.1
Carries6.48.0−1.6
Semaj Morgan, WR
Receiving yards45.862.0−16.2
Receptions3.85.7−1.9

Last 25 games

MeasureWith Nico IamaleavaWithoutDifference
Titus Mokiao-Atimalala, WR
Receiving yards31.84.0+27.8
Receptions2.41.0+1.4

The games he missed this season

DateGameResultPlayed instead
Oct 31, 2026vsNevadaW 27–0Ty Dieffenbach
Oct 24, 2026vsMichigan StateW 28–10Ty Dieffenbach
Oct 17, 2026vsWisconsinW 17–7Ty Dieffenbach

Method

  • With him is a game he played, from the schools’ participation lists, and a box score row where a game has no list; without him is a game the team played while he was on its roster and he didn’t.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • Over expected is the team’s average a game over what the season’s ratings expected in each game, the same numbers each measure’s own page reads. “Averages” shows the plain numbers.
  • Against the line is the team’s margin less the closing line’s, the market’s margin before kickoff, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game with no line sits out.
  • His teammates’ numbers are plain averages a game.
  • Why he’s out: espn.com.