Cam Rising’s injury timeline at Utah is absolutely brutal

Oct 15, 2022; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Utah Utes quarterback Cameron Rising (7) drops back to pass against the USC Trojans in the second quarter at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports ORG XMIT: IMAGN-491134 ORIG FILE ID: 20221015_jhp_gb6_0088.JPG

Despite entering college as a freshman in 2018, Utah quarterback Cameron  Rising has amazingly played in just 29 games total. And it’s not for a lack of trying to get more snaps.

The now 25-year-old from Ventura, California has suffered some absolutely brutal injury luck, even for a sport as dangerous as college football. All of that would be tragic enough on its own, but it’s even worse knowing how incredible the quarterback is when he’s able to play at full strength.

Rising was named First-Team All-Pac-12 in 2021, won the Pac-12 Championship MVP in 2022 and took Utah to back-to-back Rose Bowl games during that stretch.

Now, just as he was back starting for Utah in 2024 and trying to make his injury problems a thing of the past — something that hasn’t been particularly easy — a new injury as struck. Here’s a look at Rising’s wild ride through his time in the NCAA:

2018: Freshman redshirt year at Texas.

2019: Transfer redshirt year at Utah.

2020: 14 plays into the season-opener against No. 20 USC, Rising suffers a season-ending shoulder injury.

2021: Rising loses the starting job out of camp to Charlie Brewer, but returns as QB1 after two games to finish the season with 2,493 yards, 20 touchdowns and five interceptions passing. Rising exited a Rose Bowl loss to Ohio State after sustaining a concussion in the fourth quarter.

2022: Rising returns as starter and puts up a career-best 2,939 yards and 25 touchdowns passing, but gets hurt once again in the Rose Bowl, this time tearing multiple ligaments in his knee in a loss to Penn State.

2023: Medical…

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Publish date : 2024-10-14 20:05:13

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