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 Career Highlights • 2024 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Finalist • 2024 Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Semifinalist • 2024 Citrus Bowl MVP • Associated Press National Player of the Week (Oct. 6, 2025) • Maxwell Award Player of the Week (Oct. 7, 2025) • Walter Camp National FBS Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7, 2025) • Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week (Oct. 7, 2025) • 2-time Manning Award QB of the Week (last: Oct. 8, 2025) • Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 6, 2025) • 2-time Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 List (last: Oct. 6, 2025) • 4-time SEC Freshman of the Week (last: Dec. 2, 2024) • 2-time SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll recipient (2024, 2023)   Career Summary Iamaleava has played in 29 games and made 25 starts over three seasons at UCLA (2025) and Tennessee (2023-24) … has completed 449-of-702 pass attempts (64.0%) for 4,858 yards and 34 touchdowns with 12 interceptions in his career … has rushed 241 times for 934 yards and 10 ...

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 When the Dutchman joined us pitchside at a bitterly cold The Valley following our FA Cup victory over Charlton, we put that phrase to him and the man himself couldn’t hide his delight, with a broad smile etched across his face. Signed from Ajax in the summer, he was – you’d imagine – signed to help add to our defensive ranks. He is, after all, known as being a left-back or left-sided centre-half in his homeland. But he will go down in the record books as being the first Chelsea player to score under the tenure of Liam Rosenior, firing home our first in the 5-1 FA Cup victory. And, we should add, it was an absolute bullet of a finish that any striker would have been proud of.  ‘To be honest, I was a little bit surprised when it went in so that’s why I didn’t really celebrate too much!’ Hato explained, with a wry smile, of his first Chelsea goal when asked to talk us through it. ‘I think it was a good hit and I’m just so happy to score for this great club. The ball bounced and ...

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 After weeks of rumours about ongoing interest and positive talks, Milan confirmed the signing of Füllkrug on an initial loan deal from West Ham United just hours after the window had officially opened on January 2. In actual fact, the striker had been training at Milanello with his new teammates since Boxing Day, thanks to the clearance granted by the London club. The aim was to have him ready for Massimiliano Allegri for the match against Cagliari, and he did indeed make the squad. Not only that, but we got a cameo from the German off the bench, and he grew into the game after a rusty start. What can fans expect from a player many West Ham fans were happy to see the back of? Back story Niclas Füllkrug was born in Hanover on 9 February 1993 in Hanover, Germany. He played for a number of different local sides including TuS Ricklingen – where he spent eight years from 1996 to 2005 – and then Sportfreunde Ricklingen for one year. It is believed that while with the former he averages ...