SEC coach dismisses Lane Kiffin’s impact on Ole Miss football star Trinidad Chambliss’ rise
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With Lane Kiffin exiting the Ole Miss football program for the LSU Tigers, resulting in a controversial change of scenery for the head coach, many credit him for where the Rebels are today, along with the production of quarterback Trinidad Chambliss. Now with Pete Golding the head coach of the Ole Miss football team, the program led by Chambliss looks to prove any doubters wrong, as one coach doesn’t put stock in Kiffin’s impact on the signal-caller.
According to Adam Rittenberg of ESPN, he would have intel on the sport’s top quarterbacks, as he got insight into how fellow coaches in the SEC feel about Chambliss. One SEC coach would call Chambliss a “dude,” saying that Kiffin “probably gets too much credit” for the success of the quarterback.
“He’s a dude,” an SEC coach said. “Lane probably gets too much credit for Trinidad.”
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Last season with the Ole Miss football program, Chambliss threw for 3,937 yards to go along with 22 touchdowns, three interceptions, and an 86.5 quarterback rating. He closed out the regular season throwing for at least 300 yards and, without Kiffin in three College Football Playoff games, Chambliss impressed in helping knock out Tulane and Georgia, though falling in a close contest to the Miami Hurricanes.
Chambliss would get high praise from multiple SEC defensive coordinators:
“You could see his ability, his arm strength and arm talent coming out of [Division II] Ferris State,” one SEC defensive coordinator said. “And then watching the whole season, his ability to make plays with his feet when things break down was exceptional.”
“Trinidad is not underrated now, and he’s a quick decision-maker,” another SEC defensive coordinator said. “He makes fast decisions. He can obviously hurt you with his legs, can hurt you with his arm. He’s just a playmaker. He makes guys around him better.”
At any rate, Chambliss looks to keep up the momentum as the Rebels open the season on Sept. 6 against the Louisville Cardinals.
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