Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 52-38vs Purdue | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | Season-high 0 yds |
#10
Madden Iamaleava
Freshman quarterback on UCLA's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 197 lb · Long Beach, CA · Long Beach Polytechnic HS / Arkansas
The numbers
0
passing yards · 2026 · through week 3
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: vs Purdue
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Freshman quarterback on UCLA's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Arkansas in 2025.
- Transferred from Arkansas to UCLA in 2025.
- UCLA names permanent captains (Sep 3)
Buzz vs Tape
Every angle we can check here reads about where you'd expect this season.
26.5own fans
13.1national conversation
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In Their Words
132 windows · 2026 fan posts
nico×383.5chesney×468.7bob×428.0ucla×67.0
“UCLA's Bob Chesney says quarterback Nico Iamaleava wanted to stay in Westwood.”
bluesky_curated · fan post, verbatim
Madden Iamaleava
He got to UCLA by way of Arkansas.
0 PASS YDS · 0 PASS TD
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- portal record
His career
2025
- Signed with Arkansas4-star out of Long Beach Poly
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
UCLA
NFL
NFL Draft
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Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UCLA | -- | 1 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | -- | 1 | 0.0% | -- | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026UCLA3-0HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (93rd percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 0.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 0.0 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bob Chesney
Pass share
39.0%
76 pass / 119 run
Plays / game
65.0
3 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Background
2025 Appeared in one game, playing in the fourth quarter of UCLA’s Week 10 game at Ohio State (Nov. 15) … did not attempt a pass … participated in 2025 Spring Practice at Arkansas before transferring to UCLA before 2025 Fall Camp. High School Graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School…
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology