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NFL Draft: As Cam Ward tops yet another class of transfer QBs, Nico Iamaleava’s future looks wide open

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Tennessee football announced over the weekend that it was moving forward without starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava .

An NFL talent evaluator raised their eyebrows when Tennessee dismissed a quarterback due to alleged financial demands.

The evaluators are increasingly learning they have little to gain by taking a hard line.

NCAA transfer portal rules and NIL money have changed the NFL Draft, coaches and coaches say.

Transfer portal has changed NFL scouting process — mostly for the better, evaluators say.

Clubs have tweaked elements of the scouting process in light of roster exoduses.

Area scouts pool information on a player to ensure background work canvasses each stop the player made.

Sometimes, scouts struggle to find athletics staffers with the knowledge they seek because the staff has worked with a player for one to two years .

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