Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who was No. 1 in Rob Rang’s 2027 quarterback rankings until last week, had another quiet day on Sunday. No. 19 Ole Miss lost 24-17 at Oklahoma in steady rain, and Chambliss completed 14 of 27 passes for 127 yards and one touchdown. He ran 11 times for 84 yards and was sacked twice.
Oklahoma’s John Mateer, No. 10 on Rang’s list, threw for only 111 yards but did not turn the ball over for a fourth straight game. He ran for 70 yards and the first touchdown. The game was played a day late because Friday’s FAA ground stop kept Ole Miss from getting to Oklahoma in time for Saturday’s kickoff.
Chambliss: one touchdown pass, one late rally
Oklahoma led 14-0 after the first quarter, on Mateer’s 8-yard run at the end of a 13-play, 74-yard opening drive and a 75-yard punt return touchdown by Isaiah Sategna III. Chambliss led an 11-play, 75-yard drive that ended with Joshua Dye’s 19-yard touchdown run, and Ole Miss trailed 14-7 at halftime.
The Sooners held the ball for 12:41 of the third quarter and scored on Jonathan Hatton Jr.’s 5-yard run to lead 21-7. Chambliss then scrambled 32 yards on third-and-15 and threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to tight end Caleb Odom early in the fourth quarter. After a Sooners field goal, Ole Miss kicked a field goal and recovered an onside kick with 38 seconds left and no timeouts. The Rebels moved 26 yards in six plays, and Chambliss’s last throw into the end zone was knocked down.
| Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss | John Mateer, Oklahoma | |
|---|---|---|
| Rang QB rank | 4 (was 1) | 10 (was 14) |
| Comp-Att | 14-27 | 10-19 |
| Pass yards | 127 | 111 |
| Pass TD-INT | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Sacked | 2 | 3 |
| Rushing | 11-84 | 16-70, 1 TD |
| Result | Lost 24-17 | Won 24-17 |
Ole Miss had 306 yards and Oklahoma 299, and neither team turned the ball over. Oklahoma kept the ball for 36:31 and converted 9 of 16 third downs, while Ole Miss converted 4 of 12. The Rebels are 6-4 after losing three of their last four games, and coach Pete Golding said the loss probably ends their playoff hopes.
“I just thought we had some critical mistakes and some missed opportunities in all three phases,” Golding said. He pointed to third downs on both sides of the ball and the punt return touchdown: “You play on the road and give one up on special teams, that’s tough.”
A month that has hurt his draft stock
This was the second straight week Chambliss threw for fewer than 200 yards. A week earlier, in the 42-7 loss to Georgia, he completed 18 of 34 passes for 170 yards with no touchdowns and an interception. Rang wrote after that game that it was “a hard watch for anyone projecting Chambliss as a future NFL starting quarterback” and dropped him from first to fourth.
Reporter Evan Sidery counted 810 passing yards, a 54.4% completion rate, six total touchdowns and five interceptions for Chambliss over the past month, and wrote that he “likely slots in as a late 1st or Day 2 pick.”
The big boards have already moved him. Chambliss has no college eligibility left after this season. Kiper has said his height, just under six feet, and the fact that he would be a 25-year-old rookie could make him slip, and Brugler says his size and age mean he “won’t be for everyone.”
| Board | Chambliss | Before |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Rang, QB rankings | QB4 | QB1 |
| Mel Kiper Jr., big board | 20th | 10th |
| Dane Brugler, midseason top 50 | 22nd | Moved up |
| Jordan Reid, top 50 | 44th | 16th |
Mateer keeps climbing
Mateer moved from 14th to 10th in Rang’s rankings last week, and Rang wrote that if he were spending a Day 3 pick on a quarterback in this class, he would “gamble on the bigger arm” of Mateer. Since throwing three interceptions in a home loss to Kentucky, Mateer has not thrown an interception in four games, and Oklahoma has won two straight SEC games since it fired offensive coordinator Ben Arbuckle and put Jason Witten in charge of the offense.
Ole Miss hosts Wofford on Saturday, and Oklahoma hosts Texas A&M. For how the rest of Rang’s top quarterbacks did this weekend, see Arch Manning’s game-winner at LSU and Drew Mestemaker’s stinger. Oklahoma State coach Eric Morris said Mestemaker’s throwing shoulder would be re-evaluated on Monday. The latest post-deadline mock drafts show where the class stood before the weekend.
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