The NCAA has denied trinidad chamblis Exemption for sixth year of eligibility, The NCAA announced Friday afternoon.,
However, this decision appears to end Chambliss’ college career ole miss Chambliss will appeal, according to his attorney Tom Mars. was school previously filed an exemption request Nov. 16, and the decision is no surprise since the NCAA initially verbally denied the decision to the school in December.
Chambliss will be one of the faces of college football next year, as he is expected to return to Ole Miss. Instead, he will likely head to the NFL, where he is now projected as a third-day pick in April’s draft, although his play college football playoff has raised the trajectory of its profile.
The basis of Chambliss’ waiver case was that he struggled with persistent respiratory problems during his sophomore season at Division II Ferris State. The NCAA asked for contemporaneous medical notes after the initial filing, which showed it 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 disabling injury or illness, which was not provided,” the NCAA said in a statement.
This concludes the collegiate chapter of potentially one of the best stories of the season, as Chambliss transferred from Ferris State and went from unknown to one of the faces of the game. He finished eighth in the Heisman voting, threw 22 touchdowns and gave one of the season’s defining performances in slayings. Georgia In the sugar bowl.
In the NCAA’s statement, it explained the reasoning behind the decision.
“Documents provided by Ole Miss and the student’s former school include a physician’s note from a December 2022 visit stating that the student-athlete is ‘doing very well’ since he was seen in August 2022,” the NCAA said in a statement.
The NCAA said: “Additionally, the student-athlete’s former school indicated that it had no documented medical treatments, injury reports or medical conditions involving the student-athlete during that time frame and cited ‘developmental needs and the competitive circumstances of our team’ as the reason for the student-athlete not playing in the 2022–23 season. The waiver request was denied.”
Chambliss did not play that entire year, Mars said, adding that 91 pages of medical documentation was provided to the NCAA.
Mars told ESPN on Friday: “I’m disappointed, but not surprised. Last time I checked, the only score that mattered was at the end of the fourth quarter.
“I understand that Ole Miss will file an appeal with the NCAA. However, there is now an opportunity to take this case to a level playing field where Trinidad’s rights will be determined by the Mississippi judiciary rather than some bureaucrat in Indianapolis who could not care less about the law or doing the right thing. Only Trinidad and her parents can decide whether to pursue that course of action.”
NCAA’s decision came a day after this Ole Miss lost to Miami 31–27 on a touchdown with 18 seconds left in the game in the CFP Semifinals.
Ole Miss will need a quarterback in Chambliss next season promised to returnRebate is pending.
