Matt Corral says he has regrets about attending Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin responds: ‘Not what he meant by it’

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Third-round NFL draft pick Matt Corral certainly has a competition on his hands as he begins his NFL career as a member of the Carolina Panthers, with quarterbacks Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield ahead of him on the depth chart. 

It’s a competitive situation Corral wishes he would have had in college, instead of taking the "easy way" at Ole Miss in order to play right away. 

Carolina Panthers quarterback Matt Corral runs drills during rookie minicamp at the Panthers practice field in Charlotte, N.C., on May 13, 2022. (Alex Slitz/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

"I’m going to take this back to where I decided to go to college," Corral told reporters on Tuesday. "I took the easy way because I felt like I could play right away. And knowing what I know now and trusting my instinct and trusting my work ethic, I would have went to a place that would have made me compete. 

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"With that being said, the best of the best, they want competition. And I think for this [quarterback] room, it’s going to be a great competition because we’re all competitors in that room, and we all understand what the job is to get done. And we’re going to do it," he continued.

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Corral played in four games during his freshman season at Ole Miss before using his redshirt. He was the starter for the next three years, with two of those years being under head coach Lane Kiffin. 

Ole Miss Rebels quarterback Matt Corral was up before the Allstate Sugar Bowl between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Baylor Bears on Jan. 1, 2022, at