Ole Miss QB Austin Simmons transfers to Missouri
- - Ole Miss QB Austin Simmons transfers to Missouri
Nick Bromberg January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
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Austin Simmons is going from Ole Miss to Missouri.
The Rebels QB has officially signed with the Tigers after entering the transfer portal with a do-not-contact tag, according to On3. The Tigers had been seen as Simmons’ ultimate destination as soon as reports emerged that he was going to transfer.
Simmons is expected to remain with Ole Miss for the rest of the College Football Playoff. The Rebels play Miami in a Fiesta Bowl semifinal on Thursday night. A win puts Ole Miss in the national title game on Jan. 19.
The redshirt sophomore opened the season as Ole Miss’ starting quarterback ahead of Trinidad Chambliss. However, he suffered an ankle injury in the team’s Week 2 win over Kentucky. Chambliss then took over as the Rebels’ QB and didn’t relinquish the job as he went on to finish eighth in the Heisman voting and Ole Miss made the College Football Playoff for the first time.
In eight appearances in 2025, Simmons was 45-of-75 for 744 yards and four touchdowns with five interceptions. He was 20-of-31 for 341 yards and three touchdowns and two interceptions in the team’s Week 1 win over Georgia State and was 13-of-24 passing for 235 yards and two interceptions while rushing eight times for 44 yards and a TD before he was injured against Kentucky.
The Miami native was Jaxson Dart’s backup in 2024 as Chambliss was still at Division II Ferris State. In nine appearances a year ago, Simmons threw 32 passes. His most memorable contribution that season came in a win over Georgia when he was 5-of-6 passing for 64 yards as Dart was receiving treatment for an ankle injury of his own.
Simmons was a four-star recruit out of high school and the No. 19 quarterback in the country.
Missouri was in search of a quarterback in the transfer portal after 2025 starter Beau Pribula announced that he would transfer at the end of the regular season. Pribula struggled in SEC play after a hot start to the season and also suffered an ankle injury against Vanderbilt in November. True freshman Matt Zollers — the team's No. 3 QB at the start of the season — started two games in Pribula's absence and also started the Tigers' Gator Bowl loss to Virginia. Against the Cavaliers, Zollers was just 12 of 22 for 101 yards and an interception.
Source: “AOL Sports”
