(This story has been updated to add new information). Nico Iamaleava's helmet was cracked on the very first drive for Tennessee football in its College Football Playoff first-round game at Ohio State. Facing a third-and-long against the Buckeyes' defense ...

If it wasn't bad enough being below freezing in Columbus, imagine how jarring the hit on Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava felt Cody Simon of Ohio State is 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds. He had Iamaleava lined up an delivered a shot in the first quarter of the CFP

Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Nico Iamaleava is among the top NIL earners in college football. There have been plenty of rumors about how much the Vols paid in order to land Iamaleava as a highly touted recruit.

Nico Iamaleava was 14-for-31 passing for 104 yards in Tennessee's 42-17 loss to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff.

Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava didn't set out to be the face of this new world of college football. Big in stature but soft-spoken in nature, the 6-foot-6, 215-pound redshirt freshman has tried to keep a low profile and rarely discusses off-field topics like name,