FAYETTEVILLE — Wide receiver signee Jace Brown has been released from his scholarship agreement with Arkansas football, a team spokesperson told WholeHogSports on Tuesday.
Brown, rated a 3-star in Arkansas’ 2025 recruiting class by 247Sports, was a high school teammate of former Arkansas quarterback Madden Iamaleava. The pair transferred from Warren (Calif.) High School to Long Beach Polytechnic High School ahead of their senior seasons and were denied eligiblity at their new school by the California Interscholastic Federation.
Both Brown and Iamaleava were committed to UCLA before flipping to Arkansas on the first day of the early signing period on Dec. 4.
Iamaleava enrolled early and went through spring practices with the Razorbacks. Brown did not and was set to arrive on campus this summer.
After running the third-team offense for most of Arkansas’ spring practice slate, Iamaleava transferred to UCLA during the spring portal window to join his older brother, former Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava.
Madden Iamaleava is reportedly in a legal dispute with Arkansas Edge, the Razorbacks’ NIL collective, which is seeking $200,000 in repayment following his transfer, per multiple reports.
Asked in April whether Iamaleava’s departure from Arkansas would impact Brown’s signing, coach Sam Pittman said, “It could. We’ll see. It certainly could.”
