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New Ole Miss Starting QB Chad Kelly Will Be a Star for the Rebels

Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze announced on Monday during his weekly press conference that junior college transfer Chad Kelly will take the first snap against UT-Martin on Saturday.

Kelly beat out sophomores Ryan Buchanan and DeVante Kincade, according to Ben Garrett of Scout.com, but won't be the only quarterback to take snaps on Saturday.

Freeze said Kelly's starting position isn't locked in stone. Still an ongoing competition. All three will play.

— Ben Garrett (@SpiritBen) August 31, 2015

The 6'2", 215-pounder who started his career at Clemson heading to East Mississippi Community College won a junior college national championship last year, running a similar offense to the one he's operating in Oxford.