Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss granted injunction by judge - ESPN

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was granted an extra year of eligibility by a state court judge, who issued an injunction that paves the way for Chambliss to be eligible in 2026.

In a ruling that lasted well over an hour Thursday, Judge Robert Whitwell ruled that Chambliss clearly met the criteria to receive a medical redshirt for a sixth season.

Whitwell detailed that the NCAA ignored medical evidence in denying Chambliss' waiver and the quarterback would suffer irreparable harm if denied this year. He concluded that Chambliss submitted adequate medical reference and that the NCAA didn't act in good faith in denying the waiver.

The case was heard in Lafayette County Chancery Court, a state court, which was a strategic decision by Chambliss' lawyers who filed for the injunction last month.

The hearing for Chambliss came after his request for a sixth year of eligibility was denied by the NCAA on Jan. 9 and then the appeal denied Feb. 5. Ole Miss has filed a request for reconsideration from the NCAA, claiming new evidence. That request was filed Feb. 9 and had also been denied.

«This decision in a state court illustrates the impossible situation created by differing court decisions that serve to undermine rules agreed to by the same NCAA members who later challenge them in court,» the NCAA said in a statement. «We will continue to defend the NCAA's eligibility rules against repeated attempts to rob future generations of the opportunity to compete in college and experience the life-changing opportunities only college sports can create.

»The NCAA and its member schools are making changes to deliver more benefits to student-athletes, but the patchwork of state laws and inconsistent, conflicting court decisions make