NCAA denies Ole Miss QB Chambliss' waiver for 6th year - ESPN

The NCAA has denied Trinidad Chambliss a waiver for sixth year of eligibility, the NCAA announced on Friday afternoon.

The decision appears to end Chambliss' college career, although Ole Miss will appeal, according to Chambliss' attorney Tom Mars. The school had previously filed a waiver request on Nov. 16, and the decision is not a surprise because the NCAA initially delivered a verbal denial to the school in December.

Chambliss would have been one of the faces of college football next year, as he had been slated to return to Ole Miss. Instead, he'll likely be off to the NFL, where he's projected now as a Day 3 pick in April's draft, although his play in the College Football Playoff has raised the trajectory of his profile.

The basis of Chambliss' waiver case was that he was dealing with persistent respiratory issues during his sophomore season at Division II Ferris State. The NCAA asked after the initial filing for contemporaneous medical notes that showed he was dealing with the issue that year.

«Approval requires schools to submit medical documentation provided by a treating physician at the time of a student's incapacitating injury or illness, which was not provided,» the NCAA said in a statement.

It potentially puts to an end the collegiate chapter of one of the season's best stories, as Chambliss transferred from Ferris State and went from anonymous to one of the faces of the sport. He finished eighth in the Heisman voting, threw 22 touchdowns and delivered one of the season's defining performances in slaying Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.

In the NCAA's statement, they laid out the reasoning behind the decision.

«The documents provided by Ole Miss and the student's prior school include a physician's note from a