Report: Ole Miss tight end Michael Trigg no longer with team

The Ole Miss football team is down a player at tight end, with the program confirming Tuesday that Michael Trigg is no longer with the team.

Michael Katz of the Daily Journal confirmed the news with the program, tweeting it out on Tuesday afternoon.

Trigg had made varying contributions over the last three years, playing for two different programs. So far this season he had accounted for four catches for 65 yards and a touchdown.

But in three years in college he had totaled 28 catches for 330 yards and five touchdowns, a nice threat in the red zone when healthy and available.

Prior to his enrollment at Ole Miss, Trigg spent a year at USC, where he signed out of high school. Before that he was one of the most highly sought after recruits in the 2021 recruiting class. He was a four-star prospect and ranked as the No. 143 overall player in the nation in his cycle.

Trigg also checked in as the No. 4 tight end in the class and the No. 21 overall player from the state of Florida, hailing from Tampa (Fla.) Carrollwood Day.

Ole Miss trying to move on

While Ole Miss will have to move on without Michael Trigg at tight end, it’ll also have to figure out a way to regoup from a tough loss to Alabama over the weekend.

Expectations were high in Oxford, Miss., high enough that many had hoped the Rebels could catch a Crimson Tide team still struggling with quarterback play and come away with a win. It didn’t happen.

“I think today we used the morning to break that down with them, go over it,” coach Lane Kiffin said. “What we needed to do, what plays were significant, and how we could’ve won that game. Then, we move forward.”

Kiffin admitted that as hard as the loss to Alabama was, he’s probably having a harder time moving on from the game than his players are. That’s a difference he attributes to how the younger generation responds to things.

“So, I actually think with kids nowadays there’s a lot of issues with this new generation and how they deal with things and what they expect, but one good thing is I do think they move on quickly. So, I think that we struggle more moving on from a loss or negative things than they do.”

On3’s Dan Morrison also contributed to this report.