Trinidad Chambliss wins 2025 Conerly Trophy as Ole Miss secures it for second-straight year

The storybook season continues for Trinidad Chambliss and Ole Miss.

On Tuesday the Rebels quarterback was named the 2025 Conerly Trophy winner, naming him the top collegiate player in Mississippi this season. The honor was announced during a ceremony at the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in Jackson.

Chambliss is the second-straight Ole Miss player to receive the trophy, following Jaxson Dart‘s win in 2024, and is the five Rebel to win it in the last six years. Former Delta State quarterback Patrick Shegog won it in 2023.

After taking over the starting job from Austin Simmons, who suffered an injury against Kentucky the second week of the season, Chambliss put up career numbers during his first nine starts at the Division I level.

“This award is a tribute to the hard work and commitment our team showed this year. I accept this on behalf of my teammates and coaches at Ole Miss,” Chambliss said.

He finished the regular season with 3,016 passing yards and 18 touchdowns with a 65.5 completion rate. Chambliss is also the team’s second-leading rusher with 470 yards and six touchdowns on 118 carries. A distant second to the Southeastern Conference’s second best rusher Kewan Lacy and his 1,279 yards and league-leading 20 touchdowns.

Ole Miss brought home more hardware with Patrick Kutas picking up his Kent Hull Award trophy during Tuesday’s ceremony, honoring him as the top collegiate offensive lineman in Mississippi this year. The Arkansas transfer was named the 2025 recipient last week and is the first Rebel to win the award since Nick Broeker in 2022 and fifth overall since the trophy’s inception in 2013.

Ole Miss and Chambliss now prepare for its run in the College Football Playoffs. The Rebels were No. X in Tuesday’s penultimate College Football Playoff rankings ahead of Sunday’s final and official rankings and bracket reveal.