Knox Kiffin lifted OHS in a thriller. Now comes his first start.

Talk of Champions

OMSpirit

Sports

4.9 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this joint episode of Talk of Champions/Under the Lights, Ben Garrett (Ole Miss Spirit/On3) catches up with Knox Kiffin, son of Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin, following the greatest moment of his football life to date.

Knox, a sophomore for Oxford (Mississippi) High School, replaced injured starting quarterback Drew Dean last Friday against Germantown. The Chargers trailed by two touchdowns. Knox brought them all the way back, including the game-winning two-point conversion, in a 43-42 win.

He also breaks down his recent recruiting visit to LSU, No. 8 Ole Miss at No. 13 Oklahoma and how his dad handles football advice at home.

The Rebels (6-1, 3-1 SEC) and Sooners (6-1, 2-1) kick off in Norman on Saturday at 11 a.m. CT on ABC. Knox will make the trip, but only after the Chargers hit the road themselves, only to Clinton.

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0:00.0	Hello again, friends, and welcome inside at least for me, Ben Garrett at Spirit bit on Twitter,
0:05.0	the Ole Miss Spirit, OMSpirit.com, the field of On 3, the Riverland Roofing Studios, New Albany
0:10.2	Branch, Riverland Roofing, for all your roofing needs, 66444-2297.
0:15.7	It's Riverland Roofing who power a lot of what we do here, not only at Talk of Champions,
0:20.6	but also for Mudcat
0:22.1	Media and Knox Kiffin, who's my guest today, he has his own podcast he's launched, even though
0:27.2	we're still trying to work out the logistics and get things going.
0:30.7	Under the lights with Knox Kiffin that he'll be doing pretty much every week.
0:34.7	Today, we just kind of do a joint thing where we talk about a big game for Knox on Friday, how things are going, this, that, and the other. But I wanted to thank
0:42.6	Riverland first. Also, B&A Bank. Drew Moak of USA Benefits Group. So many have poured so much into
0:49.2	us. And for the last handful of weeks, y'all know what's been going on. It's been an incredible,
0:54.1	incredible show of the Ole Miss communities' tight-knitness and how much y'all give a crap about your people. So thank you and thank them. Knox, how you doing today, man? What's going on? Good. I'm good. What about you? I'm good. Thank you for asking. Knox asked about how Ben was doing. How sweet. First of all, before we get going, who did the painting behind you?
1:12.5	His name's... No, Knox asked about how Ben was doing. How sweet. First of all, before we get going, who did the painting behind you?
1:17.0	His name's Art by Kishan on Instagram.
1:18.8	That's pretty sick.
1:22.2	Yeah, it was me at my old school, my freshman year.
1:27.1	All right, sir, are you still wearing the same number you did back in your freshman year in California?
1:28.3	I wore six.
1:46.2	They gave me 16, but I'm wearing 13 this year. Right. I knew you're wearing 13 at Oxford High. Did you choose that one or was it assigned to you? I did not. I got here late, so they just assigned me it, but I'm okay with that I like the number. Let's get into it real quick. your football game last week. It was a pretty memorable day for you. Your dad was in Athens,
1:45.1	obviously, with Ole Miss who traveled to Georgia. the number. Let's get into it real quick. Your football game last week, it was a pretty memorable day for you.
1:49.4	Your dad was in Athens, obviously, with Ole Miss who had traveled to Georgia, but he got to see it.
1:57.3	Obviously, you're coming in in a tough situation, starting quarterback, dealing with some injury stuff, some concussion symptoms.
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