When the 2024 season rolls around, the SEC is loaded with quality quarterbacks. In a few years, it should rank among the conference’s best teams; the arrivals of Oklahoma and Texas have undoubtedly changed the picture going into the upcoming year.
Prior to the next season, Brad Crawford of 247Sports ranked the starting quarterbacks in the SEC from 1 to 16. Nico Iamaleava, the quarterback for Tennessee, is first on the list of starters who haven’t received significant playing time. We’ve only seen one start from him, but it was a masterful annihilation of the Iowa Hawkeyes. Crawford talked about Iamaleava’s prospects going into his first full-season campaign as a starter.
“You’re either waiting to see if Nico Iamaleava can overcome strong SEC defenses or you firmly feel that he is a worthy Heisman candidate at the position in 2024. In his first significant action in his rookie season, he dissected Phil Parker’s premier team at Iowa, and it was enough footage for me. After a few erratic performances from Joe Milton in the early going, Josh Heupel actually had the option of handing the reins of Tennessee’s 2023 offense to his rookie, but he chose to protect the five-star’s redshirt instead, and this explosive passing game is now his.” – Brad Crawford of 247Sports on Nico Iamaleava
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