Trinidad Chambliss Injunction Appealed by NCAA After Ruling on Ole Miss QB's 2026 Eligibility

The NCAA isn't giving up in its legal battle with Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss over his college eligibility.

Per ESPN's Pete Thamel, the NCAA is appealing the preliminary injunction that granted Chambliss a sixth year of eligibility for the 2026 season. The NCAA submitted a filing asking the Mississippi State Supreme Court to "overrule the injunction and expedite the ruling."

As part of its filing, the NCAA stated, "If courts can intervene in NCAA eligibility decisions to provide special treatment to favored athletes, then the NCAA's ability to ensure fair athletic competition in which all participants play by the same rules will depend upon the whims of trial courts throughout the country." The commission went on to assert that NCAA members and athletes "will be irreparably harmed in the absence of interlocutory review."

Tom Mars, one of Chambliss' attorneys, sent a statement to Thamel saying, "Everyone remembers when the NCAA famously appealed to the Supreme Court in the Alston case and got their teeth knocked out by Justice Kavanaugh. I expect the NCAA to be spitting Chiclets in this appeal as well."

Last month, a state court judge in Mississippi granted Chambliss a preliminary injunction that gives him a sixth year of eligibility, which would allow him to return as Ole Miss' starting quarterback for the 2026 season. The NCAA had previously denied Ole Miss' request for a reconsideration of Chambliss' eligibility waiver for a third time before the court's ruling.

It's now clear that the NCAA is hoping to avoid having a precedent set by Chambliss' court injunction, so the 23-year-old could be in for another fight as he tries to stay in college for another year.