Miami’s Carson Beck, Ole Miss’ Trinidad Chambliss take different paths to College Football Playoff

Key Highlights

• Beck took those lessons onto the field, throwing for more than 7,000 yards and 52 touchdowns in the next two seasons while leading Georgia to 24 wins. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementA knee injury kept Beck out of the Bulldogs’ College Football Playoff loss against Notre Dame in early 2025 and, after initially declaring for the NFL draft, he opted to transfer to Miami, a school with a potent offense and plenty of NIL cash to throw around. He’s been a perfect fit. Poised and steady, Beck has thrown for 3,313 yards and 27 touchdowns on 74% passing with 10 interceptions.
• He led the Hurricanes (12-2, CFP No.
• 10 seed) to wins over Texas A&M and Ohio State in the playoffs and is 36-5 as a starter as he winds down his college career.“He’s very experienced, he’s been successful everywhere he’s been,” Ole Miss coach Pete Golding said.
• “He’s always had his teams competing at a championship level and being in the playoffs.”AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementChambliss’ career took a different trajectory. With no Division I offers out of high school, the quarterback from Grand Rapids, Michigan, opted to play at Ferris State, where he redshirted the first two seasons — the second due to respiratory issues.
• He considered transferring to a Division III school to give college basketball a try, but chose to give football one more shot. Good decision. Chambliss led the Bulldogs to the Division II national championship in 2024, leading to offers from numerous Division I programs.