Reply To: UCLA vs Indiana, 10-25-25

[Butkus51]

10-26-25, updated NCAA stats.  124 schools/teams.  Maiava is being disrespected by the media for hardly getting mention in many top 10 Heisman candidates.  Out of the 10 projections I saw, Maiava is mentioned only 3 times, 7 to 10 rankings.  BS.  Maiava is top 5 in my book.

USC, Jayden Maiava, # 5/124, QBR 173.53, passing 2180 yds, 7 games, # 3 ypg 311.4 yds,  69% completion, 16 TD.

 

For you UCLA honks, see and compare.  So who’s the better QB?  Note.  Nico was a 5* HS rated, # 3 in country with Mucho offers, vs Joey was a 2* HS rankings with zero college offers.  Joey ended up in JC and after 2 yrs was the # 2 ranked JC QB.  Nico is 6-6, 215 lbs, Joey is 6-3 220 lbs, both are big QB’s.  Both have strong arms, and athletic (can run well) but Joey is way better over all passer, accuracy and long ball touch.  Joey made a lot of coaches look stupid for not recruiting him.  His HS, Freedom HS, Brentwood, Ca was a high ranking D-8, CIF FB team  What a success story.

UCLA, Nico Iamaleava, # 99/124, QBR 124.06, passing yds- 1468 yds, 8 games # 91 ypg, 183.5 yds, 63% completion, 10 TD

Tennessee, Joey Aguilar, # 14/124, QBR 162.82, passing yds 2344, 8 games # 8 ypg 293 yds, 66% completion, 18 TD