Ole Miss' Chambliss: 'A little frustrated' NCAA yet to rule - ESPN

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss already agreed to a deal to return to Ole Miss next season. Now, he has to wait to see if he'll be eligible to play.

Chambliss, one of the breakout college football stars of 2026, filed a medical redshirt waiver for a sixth year of eligibility on Nov. 16. He has yet to receive a definitive answer from the NCAA, although it gave a verbal denial for the waiver in December.

«It has been a little frustrating,» Chambliss told ESPN on Tuesday ahead of the Rebels' College Football Playoff semifinal Thursday against Miami. «But I can't let that overtake what my mindset is right now and that's to win a football game and beat Miami. So I would say I'm a little frustrated, but I can't let that take over me.»

Chambliss is coming off one of the season's defining performances in one of its wilder games, as he threw for 362 yards in a 39-34 quarterfinal win over Georgia, which included 20 fourth-quarter points for the Rebels. If he were to return next season, he'd be set to earn millions of dollars, something he didn't get when he left Division II Ferris State for Ole Miss last year. Entering the season, he was slated to back up Austin Simmons.

Chambliss' lawyer, Tom Mars, mentioned in a letter to the NCAA on the quarterback's behalf that his client would «suffer irreparable harm» if he's not granted the waiver. The crux of Chambliss' case is that he's asking for a medical redshirt year from his sophomore season at Ferris State. He supplied 91 pages of medical documents that showed he was battling a respiratory issue and hired Mars to help his case. The NCAA is seeking contemporaneous notes that detail his care.

Mars expressed his frustration with the pace of the case to ESPN on