Lane Kiffin leaving the Ole Miss Rebels right before the College Football Playoff to become the new head coach at LSU was quite the story.
In the end, Ole Miss hired Pete Golding and the Rebels won two games in the College Football Playoff. Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is back at Ole Miss for his final season after a strong CFP run.
However, Chambliss said there were “discussions” and “thoughts” about following Kiffin to LSU this past offseason.
“I mean, there were discussions. There were thoughts,” Chambliss said, via Chris Low of On3. “I’m not going to lie about that because you have to understand what my circumstance was. I had just transferred here. My offensive coordinator was Coach Weis. I had just learned that system. He was leaving, and they were taking most of the offensive guys. I didn’t know who was going to be our head coach at the time. I didn’t know who was going to be the OC. There were just a lot of unknowns and question marks.” So, yes, those thoughts were there, but once we went with PG (Golding), it didn’t take me too long to decide. I was all Ole Miss.”
Chambliss added that once he found out Golding was the new head coach at Ole Miss, he was all-in to stay in Oxford.
Still, Chambliss admitted the initial thought and discussion were there, especially with plenty of unknowns.
Chambliss transferred from Division II Ferris State ahead of the 2025 season and took over as the QB1 midseason after Austin Simmons suffered an injury.
Right now, Chambliss is set to be the QB1 for Ole Miss in 2026, although the offseason has been met with plenty of twists and turns. Chamblis ended up being granted a preliminary injunction to play in 2026, although the NCAA appealed the decision.
