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Utah quarterback Cam Rising is ‘out indefinitely’ per Utes head coach

Isaac Wilson, you’re up.

The injury bug continues to bite seventh-year senior quarterback Cam Rising. He missed the entirety of the 2023 Utah Utes football season after suffering a horrific knee injury in the 2022-23 Rose Bowl against the Penn State Nittany Lions. Now he is once again sidelined after returning from injury.

Matt Zenitz of 247Sports posted on X, formerly Twitter, that Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham announced that Rising is out indefinitely. Rising returned to the lineup this past Friday night against the Arizona State Sun Devils. The former Texas quarterback looked like a shell of his former self in the 27-19 loss. Rising never looked comfortable but Whittingham never seemed to entertain the thought of going with freshman backup Isaac Wilson.

Wilson led Utah to wins over Utah State and Oklahoma State since taking over for Rising, who injured his hand in the game against Baylor. Wilson didn’t have the best showing against Arizona, which might be a key reason that they stuck with the veteran quarterback.

Rising threw three interceptions against the Sun Devils and completed just 43.2% of his passes in the loss.

Moving forward it appears to be the Wilson show. Utah will host the TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday night. Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. MT in Salt Lake City. If the Utes want to try and climb into the Big 12 race it will need Wilson to play lights out down the stretch.

Utah quarterback Cam Rising looks to have avoided disastrous injury

Cameron Rising avoids serious injury in win over Baylor Bears.

There is no doubt the Utah Utes football team goes as Cam Rising goes. The signal-caller was strong early in the win over the Baylor Bears. In fact, Rising anchored the Utes offense to 23 points in the first half of the game.

Late in the second quarter, the signal caller injured his right hand while being shoved into a bank of watercolors. After that, he was seen in street clothes with tape around his fingers.

After the game, head coach Kyle Whittingham talked to the media. The veteran coach had this to say:

Just been told it’s not real serious. You know what I know now. It wasn’t real serious and can’t tell you the exact description of what happened, but he may be back this week. We’ll see.

Rising finished the game 8 of 14 passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns. His two touchdowns went to Money Parks and Micah Bernard.

The 25-year-old is going to continue being a threat to win the 2024 Heisman Trophy.  He comes into the season after not playing at all during the 2023 season. Rising was great in 2022 as his Utes team went 10-3. He finished just 61 yards shy of 3,000, with 25 touchdowns.

Rising was named to the first team All-Pac 12 team in 2021, and was the Pac-12 Championship game MVP in 2022. The Utes came into the game against Baylor ranked 11th in the country. Utah will likely move into the Top 10 with the latest poll.

The Utes are going to get a road game at Utah State on Saturday, before another Big 12 game. The game on September 21st is at Oklahoma State. The Cowboys are another team out of the Big 12 that has a Heisman contender, in Ollie Gordon. Utah then hosts Arizona the final Saturday of September. The Wildcats are another Big 12 contender.

Utah’s Cam Rising shows no signs of rust in Week 1 blowout win

Cam Rising was great in the Utah Utes season opener on Thursday.

It was a sweet return for Utah Utes quarterback Cam Rising on Thursday night. The signal caller, who is getting attention as a potential Heisman Trophy candidate, was nearly perfect in the blowout win over Southern Utah.

The 7th year quarterback played in his first game since the Rose Bowl in January of 2024. He went 10 of 15 for 245 yards and five touchdowns. He also rushed the football for 25 yards in the game.

The sold-out crowd at Rice-Eccles Stadium saw Utah get ahead 35-0 in the second quarter of the game. Three of Rising’s touchdowns went to tight end Brant Kuithe in the game.

It was the first game for the Utes as members of the Big 12. They picked up a total of 513 yards on offense. It was the first time since a game against Arizona State last season that they picked up 500+ yards.

When asked about how he felt in his return, Rising had this to say:

I just looked out into the kind of stands and took a second to just take it in and breathe, but that feeling kind of goes out of the way once the coin toss really happens, and then you’re just focused on winning the game.

Kyle Wittingham’s Utes will start their Big 12 season next. They will host the Baylor Bears on September 7th. After that, they will play another in-state rivalry game. The Utes are at Utah State on September 14th. Utah then is at Oklahoma State on September 21st and will host Arizona on September 28th.

7th-year Utah quarterback puts himself on the NFL draft map in big 2024 debut

7th-year Utah quarterback Cameron Rising puts himself on the NFL draft map in big 2024 debut

It’s not everyday that fans see a player in college football that is entering his seventh year of eligibility, let alone one that is clearly entering his prime. That is the case for Utah Utes quarterback Cameron Rising, who put on a heck of a show last night in the opening week of college football against Southern Utah.

Rising was the star of the show on the night posting career highs with 5 touchdowns through the air to put a punctuation on what ended up being a 49-0 blowout win for the Utes.

While Rising is not realistically in the running for a first-round quarterback, given his age and physical limitations, he has already shown enough savvy and skill to be considered as a potential backup quarterback at the next level. Resembling Gardner Minshew in both style and play, Rising could find himself on a similar career path as the current Las Vegas Raiders starter should he keep up his high level of play.

It’s early on in the season, but this appears to be set up to be a breakout year for the 25-year-old, seventh-year senior, which is great news after having missed all of last season with a major knee injury.

Jackson Arnold outside the top 10 in ESPN’s 2024 spring quarterback rankings

Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold just outside ESPN’s 10 ten QBs for the 2024 season ahead of spring ball.

Anytime you have turnover at quarterback, there are bound to be questions about how the offense will perform the following season.

The Sooners are one of the teams across the country that will be starting a new quarterback in 2024. [autotag]Jackson Arnold[/autotag] takes over for [autotag]Dillon Gabriel[/autotag], who transferred to Oregon. And while there may be some uncertainty, the Sooners have one of the best young quarterbacks in the country.

The former five-star prospect isn’t one of the favorites to win the Heisman in 2024 and at this point. At this point he’s just outside the top-10 of ESPN’s quarterback rankings heading into the spring. And a lot of where Arnold is ranked is likely related to his inexperience at the collegiate level.

The only player without much experience that’s ranked ahead of Arnold is Tennessee Volunteers quarterback [autotag]Nico Iamaleavea[/autotag].

Arnold has a lot of talent and is a highly-regarded quarterback, but he and Iamaleava have a lot to prove still. But they’ve got all the talent in the world, and both former five-star quarterbacks were able to get their first start during bowl season.

Arnold and Iamaleava will likely provide the fireworks in the Oklahoma Sooners first conference game in the SEC when they welcome the Tennessee Volunteers to town. That could be the start of a fantastic quarterback battle over the next several years. In the offenses they run with the talent that both schools possess, both former five-star quarterbacks could be dark-horse Heisman contenders in 2024 and frontrunners in 2025.

For the Sooners, everything is set up for Arnold to find himself ranked much higher in these quarterback rankings by the end of the season. The offensive line will come together and the Sooners have a deep pool of skill talent for Arnold to work with.

Here’s a look at ESPN’s top 10.

One PAC-12 quarterback prospect announces he’s heading back to school

Cam Rising had some draft buzz in 2022 before tearing his ACL in the Rose Bowl

Most of the time when a player announces a decision to enter the draft or return to school, it’s about leaving for the NFL. That’s not the case for one PAC-12 quarterback, however.

Utah QB Cam Rising has announced he’s headed back to the Utes in 2024. Rising has not played in 2023 due to a torn ACL suffered in the Rose Bowl against Penn State. Next season will be Rising’s seventh in college; he was a member of the Texas recruiting class back in 2018.

Prior to the injury, Rising had some buzz as a potential late-round draft prospect. He was impressive in 2022 in leading Utah to a top-10 finish, completing 65 percent of his passes and racking up over 3,000 passing yards and another 465 on the ground. However, between the injuries and his advanced age, it’s unlikely any team will give Rising a shot in the 2025 NFL draft.

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Utah quarterback Cam Rising to return in 2024

“One more year,” the Utah quarterback said on social media on Sunday.

Utah starting quarterback Cameron Rising will play for the Utes again in 2024, he announced on Sunday.

Rising suffered a torn ACL in the Rose Bowl last season, an injury that eventually cost him the entire 2023 season.

In his two seasons as the Utah starter, he led the Utes to back-to-back Pac-12 conference titles and a pair of Rose Bowl appearances. He threw for 5,527 yards, 46 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions across his two years at the helm of Utah’s offense, and the Utes finished both seasons 10-4.

Rising offered a threat with his legs as well, rushing for 964 yards across the 2021-22 seasons and scoring six touchdowns each year on the ground. Kyle Whittingham will have one of the country’s best and most experienced quarterbacks back for the 2024 season.

Cam Rising, Brant Kuithe didn’t play USC this year, but they might not be done at Utah

A lot of people are asking this question.

No. 14 Utah is midway through its 2023 season and is sitting at 6-1. However, starting quarterback Cameron Rising and tight end Brant Kuithe have yet to play in 2023. This naturally leads to the question: Could the Utes’ star players apply for a medical hardship?

Rising redshirted in the 2018 season while at Texas, then sat out 2019 after transferring to Utah. Under the old system, he would have been ineligible for a medical redshirt. However, those rules are gone.

The senior QB played just one game in 2020 before suffering a season-ending injury. He played 13 games apiece in 2021 and ‘22, but suffered a torn ACL, MCL and meniscus in the 2023 Rose Bowl.

Kuithe, meanwhile, has never had a redshirt season, though he has been granted extra years of eligibility based on the number of games played.

He played in all 14 games in 2018, and did the same in 2019. Based on the 2020 season being limited to just five games because of the COVID-19 pandemic, he was granted another year of eligibility.

He then played all 14 games in 2021, but because he played fewer than five games in 2022 (he suffered a torn ACL in the fourth game of the season), yet another year of eligibility was granted.

According to Whittingham the Utes are still in wait and see mode with their star players.

“It’s just a situation where we are just waiting week after week for the thumbs up,” Whittingham said. “Here we are at the midpoint, so I don’t want to say the clock is ticking, but we’d love to have either or both of those guys back as soon as possible. Again, it’s just a waiting game. We’re waiting for the go-ahead.”

It would also be a matter of whether Rising or Kuithe wanted to return for another year. Rising would be 25 years old next season and Kuithe turns 24 in December.

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Injury Report: Updated look at injury news for No. 8 Oregon and No. 13 Utah

Injury Report: Updated look at injury news for No. 8 Oregon and No. 13 Utah

It’s Week 9 of the college football season and the two injury reports for Oregon and Utah are very different.

The Ducks are relatively healthy with just one player definitely out, but the Utes have a long laundry list of injured players that are out for the season, or dealing with certain nagging injuries going into this week.

The Utes’ injuries haven’t seemed to slow them down much as Utah is 6-1 overall, 3-1 in conference, and are coming off an impressive 34-32 win at USC.

Quarterback Cam Rising is the biggest name on the list, but the all-Pac-12 performer has been out all season. Utah is just now getting used to the fact Rising will not be available in 2023.

Oregon received a bit of a scare last week when running back Bucky Irving went down late in the Washington State game, he should be good to go against Utah on Saturday.

Here is an updated look on injuries that you should be aware of going into this game:

Utah QB drama, a season-long reality, could affect USC’s season on Saturday

Signs currently point to Bryson Barnes being the QB for Utah against USC. Cam Rising still hasn’t played this season.

The college football world first became aware of quarterback Bryson Barnes during Utah’s first Rose Bowl appearance in 2022 after Cam Rising suffered a concussion against Ohio State. With Rising still unavailable to play, Barnes and teammate Nate Johnson have quarterbacked Utah through Week 7. Everyone is waiting to see if Rising might become available for the Utes in Week 8 against USC. It could be the most important story attached to this game.

Barnes has been up and down this season and has battled through his own injuries this year.

Bryson Barnes has played in four games with two starts, recording 270 yards on 23-of-45 passing (1 TD, 2 INT) and adding 14 carries for 29 yards and a touchdown.

Nate Johnson has played in five games, going 39-of-72 passing (3 TD) for 499 yards, adding 56 rushes for 153 yards and three touchdowns.

USC Football’s Oct. 21 home game versus Utah will kick off just aftre 5:00 p.m. Pacific time and will air nationally on Fox.

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