Two days after Mississippi’s hopes of bringing back Trinidad Chambliss took a significant hit, the Rebels went out and landed what might be their quarterback of the future.
Auburn transfer Deuce Knight, one of the most coveted quarterbacks available in the transfer portal, has committed to Ole Miss, according to multiple reports on Sunday, Jan. 11.
As a freshman with the Tigers last season, Knight completed 17 of 25 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns, along with 178 rushing yards and four touchdowns on 13 carries. Much of that production came in a Nov. 22 victory against FCS Mercer, a game in which Knight went 15 of 20 for 239 yards and two touchdowns while adding 162 yards and four touchdowns on nine rushing attempts.
Knight was a five-star recruit in the 2025 class coming out of George County High School in Lucedale, Mississippi, with 247Sports’ composite rankings having him as the No. 25 overall prospect and No. 5 quarterback in the country. He’s ranked by 247 as the No. 19 overall transfer and the No. 7 quarterback.
The 6-foot-4, 217-pound Knight has three seasons of eligibility remaining.
His departure from Auburn comes after the Tigers fired coach Hugh Freeze and replaced him with Alex Golesh, who led South Florida to a 9-3 mark this season. Golesh isn’t making the trip alone, either, as quarterback Byrum Brown, who racked up 4,166 total yards for South Florida during the 2025 campaign, has committed to Auburn.
At Ole Miss, Knight will step into a largely vacant quarterback room under new head coach Pete Golding. After a breakthrough season in which he finished eighth in Heisman Trophy voting, Chambliss had a waiver request for a sixth year of eligibility denied by the NCAA, though the university could appeal the decision. Austin Simmons, the Rebels’ starter at the beginning of the season before an injury, transferred to Missouri.
Ole Miss is coming off one of the best seasons in its lengthy history. The Rebels won a program-record 13 games and advanced to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff, where they lost to Miami 31-27 in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 8.
