Former Auburn Tigers quarterback Deuce Knight committed to the Ole Miss Rebels in the transfer portal for a chance to start under center, since Alex Golesh's plan all along was to bring USF Bulls QB transfer Byrum Brown to the Plains. Unfortunately, Knight realized that sometimes it's not greener on the other side; sometimes, it's the same grass.
Knight will be kept on the bench for an upperclassman in Oxford, Mississippi, too, after Trinidad Chambliss was granted an extra year of eligibility, via a retroactive medical redshirt, to play for the University of Mississippi in 2026.