The UCLA Bruins football program had two players selected to The Athletics Freaks List created by Bruce Feldman that was released earlier this week. New UCLA pass rusher Sahir West came in at No. 34 with quarterback Nico Iamaleava being the other Bruins representative.Iamaleava came in at No. 67 and its easy to picture why Feldman values Iamaleavas athleticism. Iamaleava is a tall quarterback that has great speed and has shown flashes of brilliant arm strength. Those traits made Iamaleava a five-star recruit and put him in position to have a break-out 2026 campaign.The 6-5, 215-pound senior was the Bruins leading rusher in 2025, with 505 yards on 112 carries and four TDs. He also led UCLA with 10 runs of 20-plus yards in addition to completing 64 percent of his passes for 1,928 yards and 13 TDs with seven picks, Feldman wrote. The former five-star recruit has tantalizing athleticism that showed up in a big way when he led the Bruins to their first win over an AP top-10 team in 15 years when he accounted for five TDs in a 42-37 upset of then-No. 7 Penn State. The former volleyball standout vertical jumped 40 inches this offseason and clocked a 1.48 10-yard sprint. His 40-time was 4.57.Iamaleavas slight build might be a concern for NFL franchises looking at Iamaleava but the slender quarterback could be the face of an explosive UCLA offense in 2026 under new coaches Bob Chesney, Dean Kennedy and Derek Carr.This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava makes The Athletic's 'Freaks List'