Cameron Rising

Cameron James Rising (born May 13, 1999) is an American football quarterback for the Utah Utes. He was the First-Team All-Pac-12 quarterback in 2021.

Cameron Rising
Utah Utes – No. 7
PositionQuarterback
ClassSenior
MajorPsychology and Criminology
Personal information
Born: (1999-05-13) May 13, 1999
Ventura, California, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight220 lb (100 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolNewbury Park
(Newbury Park, California)
Career highlights and awards

High school career

Rising attended Newbury Park High School in Newbury Park, California.[1] He committed to the University of Texas at Austin to play college football.[2]

College career

Rising redshirted his only year at Texas in 2018. He transferred to the University of Utah in 2019.[3][4] After redshirting his first year at Utah, Rising competed with Jake Bentley for the starting job in 2020.[5] Although Bentley won the job, Rising was chosen to start against the USC Trojans. During the game, he completed three of six passes for 45 yards with an interception before suffering a shoulder injury which caused him to the miss the rest of the season.[6][7] Rising returned from the injury to compete with Charlie Brewer for the starting job in 2021.[8] Rising again lost the starting quarterback position, but replaced Brewer after two games and started the final 11 games of the season.[9][10] Overall, he completed 204 of 320 passes for 2,493 yards, 20 touchdowns and five interceptions.[11]

Statistics
Season Games Passing Rushing
GPGSRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Texas Longhorns
2018 Redshirt Redshirt
Utah Utes
2019 Transfer Redshirt
2020 110−13650.0457.50179.71-11-11.00
2021 13118−320432063.82,4937.8205146.7744996.76
2022 131310−324136466.22,9398.1257152.8684096.06
2023 000–0000.000.0000.0000.00
Career[12]272518−744869064.95,4777.94513149.41438976.012

References
  1. "Top quarterback Rising: Newbury Park star stays cool when heat is on". Los Angeles Times. 16 August 2016.
  2. "ESPN 300 QB Rising flips from OU to Texas". 23 April 2017.
  3. "Former Texas QB Cameron Rising transfers to Utah". 17 January 2019.
  4. "Utes land Texas QB Cameron Rising to fill Jack Tuttle's vacancy".
  5. "Cameron Rising came to Utah for a shot at the starting QB job; COVID-19 put that on hold".
  6. "Utah quarterback Cam Rising out for the year, Jake Bentley to start; Utes to play at Washington after ASU cancellation".
  7. "QB Cam Rising makes start, but Jake Bentley replaces him in 2nd quarter against No. 20 USC". 22 November 2020.
  8. "Brewer, Rising battling for Utah starting QB job". 12 August 2021.
  9. "Utah football: How quarterback Cam Rising became the 'alpha dog' of the Utes' offense". 12 October 2021.
  10. "Cam Rising named starting QB for Utes; Charlie Brewer leaves program".
  11. "Cam Rising: Is he a Heisman Trophy candidate?". 4 June 2022.
  12. "Cameron Rising College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
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