{"id":748749,"date":"2026-02-13T07:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748749\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T07:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T07:54:14","slug":"judge-grants-trinidad-chambliss-preliminary-injunction-against-ncaa-ole-miss-qb-eligible-to-play-2026-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/748749\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge grants Trinidad Chambliss preliminary injunction against NCAA, Ole Miss QB eligible to play 2026 season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ole Miss<\/a> quarterback Trinidad Chambliss<\/a> has been granted<\/a> a preliminary injunction against the NCAA, making him currently eligible for the Rebels\u2019 2026 season until the lawsuit is fully litigated. Judge Robert Whitwell\u00a0ruled from the Calhoun County Courthouse in Pittsboro, Mississippi, on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The quarterback finished eighth in Heisman Trophy voting in 2025, leading the Rebels to the College Football Playoff semifinals and totaling 30 touchdowns. Ole Miss had taken preparations if Chambliss was not to play the 2026 season, bringing in Auburn<\/a> transfer quarterback\u00a0Deuce Knight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whitwell said in his lengthy decision that the NCAA \u201cbreached its duty of good faith and acted in bad faith\u201d in denying Chambliss a medical redshirt season for the 2022 season when he was at Ferris State. With a preliminary injunction granted, it bars the NCAA from stopping Chambliss from participating in 2026 until the case is fully litigated, which could drag out and allow him to play this season.<\/p>\n

The NCAA can appeal Whitwell\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis 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,\u201d the NCAA said in a statement on Thursday night. \u201cWe will continue to defend the NCAA\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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 partnering with Congress essential to provide stability for current and future college athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chambliss previously went through multiple steps inside the NCAA system to be granted another year of eligibility. When his waiver was denied, he appealed, but the NCAA denied him again. Ole Miss\u2019 request for reconsideration was also denied Thursday by the NCAA. The quarterback has already agreed to a contract to return to Ole Miss in 2026 worth over $5 million.<\/p>\n

Chambliss\u2019 situation centers around respiratory issues he dealt with as a sophomore in 2022 at Ferris State. He used his redshirt season in 2021 as a freshman and then missed the 2022 season while fighting respiratory issues that doctors later resolved through surgery to remove his tonsils. In court on Thursday, Chambliss said Thursday on the stand that his Ferris State coach, Tony Annese, told him he would be medically redshirting ahead of the 2022 season.<\/p>\n

After the quarterback\u2019s intial waiver filing, the NCAA requested medical notes proving he was dealing with the issues during the season. The NCAA denied Chambliss\u2019 waiver for a sixth year because Ole Miss and the quarterback didn\u2019t provide sufficient medical evidence from a treating physician that showed he was suffering from an \u201cincapacitating injury or illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

In court on Thursday, Trinidad Chambliss\u2019 attorneys argued that Chambliss\u2019s case was \u201cneither manufactured nor contrived.\u201d They stressed that there will be no grand harm to the college sports industry if Chambliss gets a sixth year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss has been granted a preliminary injunction against the NCAA, making him currently eligible…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,49,48,65393],"class_list":{"0":"post-748749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-ncaa","10":"tag-ncaa-football","11":"tag-trinidad-chambliss-21-forest-hills-northern"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116062248309098938","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}