While no definitive decision has been made, the expectation is that Utah quarterback Cam Rising will not be on Utah’s roster for the 2025 season, according to a new report from 247Sports national reporter Matt Zenitz.
Rising, who transferred to Utah from Texas, has been with Utah since the 2019 season. He led the Utes to back-to-back Pac-12 titles in 2021 and 2022 as a starting quarterback, but missed the 2023 season after suffering a brutal knee injury in the 2023 Rose Bowl.
This season, Rising started Utah’s first two games before suffering a finger injury in Week 2 against Baylor. He returned for Utah’s sixth game at Arizona State, but suffered a lower-body injury that ended his year.
In his 30-game career at Utah, the 25-year-old Rising threw for 6,127 yards and 53 touchdowns with 17 interceptions and added 986 rushing yards and 12 scores. He helped revitalize the quarterback position at the University of Utah and helped the school reach the mountaintop of the Pac-12 after a decade in the league.
If Rising does indeed leave Utah, he could continue his college career elsewhere by applying for a medical redshirt or try to make the NFL (likely as a practice squad member).
If Rising does decide to leave Utah, it would mark a complete overhaul of the quarterback room from last season, with every single player — Rising, Isaac Wilson, Brandon Rose, Luke Bottari and Sam Huard — gone.
New offensive coordinator Jason Beck will likely have a completely blank slate to work with in his first year on the job. If Rising leaves, the only quarterbacks on the 2025 roster as of now are incoming three-star freshmen Wyatt Becker and Jamarian Ficklin. The expectation is that the Utes will bring in a transfer quarterback, or two, ahead of the 2025 season.