Stetson Bennett did what Trinidad Chambliss was unable to do

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is all anyone is talking about in the college football world. After leading Ole Miss to the College Football Playoff semifinals, which included a win over Georgia, Chambliss has been fighting the NCAA for a sixth year of eligibility.

His argument never really made much sense because no one should get a sixth year of eligibility unless some crazy circumstances exist, but despite the NCAA's best efforts a court ruled in his favor which gave him one more year of college football.

Chambliss will go down as one of the best Ole Miss football players of all time. That especially will be the case if he leads the Rebels to another great season later this year, but his legacy outside of Oxford, Mississippi is already tainted.

Stetson Bennett is the greatest quarterback to ever play at Georgia. And he went down a very similar path that Chambliss is currently going on.

Chambliss started his career at Ferris State, which is a division two college in Michigan. Bennett began his career at Georgia, but he spent one year at a JUCO school before coming back to Athens. Bennett also spent six years in college as well which is what Chambliss is doing, but the circumstances that led this eligibility is vastly different.

Both Chambliss and Bennett redshirted their first years in college, so that gave them a fifth year of eligibility in the most normal way possible. Bennett however earned his sixth year of eligibility because the 2020 Covid year didn't count against anyone. Chambliss however wasn't in college yet in 2020, so he doesn't have the same argument in his favor for why he should get a sixth year of eligibility.

None of this truly matters at the end of the day, but it is nice to look at this situation and realize that Bennett will always be viewed in a positive lens by the rest of the football world while Chambliss for better or worse will not.