Cameron James Rising (born May 13, 1999) is a former American

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. Rising played for the

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and the

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Early life

Rising attended

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. He committed to the

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to play college football.

College career

Rising redshirted his only year at Texas in 2018. He transferred to the

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in 2019. After redshirting his first year at Utah, Rising competed with

Jake Bentley Jacob Lane Bentley (born November 23, 1997) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Bentley played college football for the South Carolina Gamecock ...

for the starting job in 2020. 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

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before suffering a shoulder injury which caused him to miss the rest of the season. Rising returned from the injury to compete with

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for the starting job in 2021. Rising again lost the starting quarterback position, but replaced Brewer after two games and started the final 11 games of the season. Overall, he completed 204 of 320 passes for 2,493 yards, 20

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and five interceptions. On November 19, 2023, Rising announced that he was returning to Utah in 2024. In 2024, Rising injured a finger after being pushed out of bounds during a game against Baylor. He returned on October 11 against Arizona State. Upon his return, Rising injured a leg on the first drive of the game against Arizona State. He played the rest of the game limping. Kyle Wittingham reported the following Monday that due to injury, Rising would be out for the remainder of the season.

Statistics

Coaching career

On May 7, 2025, Rising announced that he was medically retiring from football. It was subsequently announced that Rising would be joining

, his alma mater, as the team's offensive coordinator.

References

External links

Utah Utes bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rising, Cameron Living people Players of American football from Ventura, California American football quarterbacks Texas Longhorns football players Utah Utes football players 1999 births People from Newbury Park, California