Four-star quarterback Madden Iamaleava, No. 143 in the 2025 ESPN 300, flipped his pledge from UCLA to Arkansas on Wednesday afternoon, multiple sources told ESPN.
Minutes after Iamaleava's move surfaced, three-star UCLA wide receiver pledge Jace Brown -- Iamaleava's teammate from California's Long Beach Polytechnic High School -- announced his commitment to Arkansas, sealing a double flip that deals a crushing blow to UCLA's incoming class.
Iamaleava, ESPN's No. 8 pocket passer in 2025, was the top-ranked member In DeShaun Foster's inaugural recruiting class with the Bruins. His flip not only leaves UCLA without an ESPN 300 pledge in the 2025 cycle but also strips Foster of a premier local signee as he works to build the Bruins through a recruiting pitch centered on bringing in-state talent into the program.
Meanwhile, at Arkansas, Iamaleava's flip represents a recruiting boon for Sam Pittman. The brother of Tennessee sophomore passer Nico Iamaleava, the younger Iamaleava lands as the second-ranked member of the Razorbacks' 2025 class and the program's first top-300 quarterback signee since Malik Hornsby arrived at Arkansas in the class of 2020.
Iamaleava was denied eligibility for his senior season this fall following a transfer from California's Warren High School to Long Beach Polytechnic. He led Warren to an 11-3 record in his first season as a starting quarterback as a junior in 2023.
Iamaleava joins a pair of in-state quarterbacks in the Razorbacks' latest class, arriving alongside four-star passer Grayson Wilson (No. 280 in the ESPN 300) and three-star dual threat Quentin Murphy. He marks Arkansas' fifth ESPN 300 signee in a class led by four-star outside linebacker Tavion Wallace, No. 45 in the ESPN 300, who signed Wednesday amid late flip pushes from Florida State and Georgia. Brown lands with the Razorbacks as the highest-ranked of two wide receiver signees headed to Arkansas in the 2025 class.