Could Cam Rising Return to Utah in 2025? How the Utes star QB can return for an eighth year of eligibility

Utah quarterback Cameron Rising is out indefinitely The Utes will turn to freshman Isaac Wilson in the interim, coach Kyle Whittingham announced Monday. While the news is brutal for Rising's immediate future, it opens the door for the veteran to return to an eighth year of college football — if he so desires.

Rising played in just three games this season while dealing with an injury to his throwing hand, and then hurt his lower leg on his return in Week 7 against Arizona State, meaning he will likely be eligible for a second medical redshirt by then. Because he does not enter the field in more than four competitions.

Whittingham also indicated Monday that Utah would consider bringing Rising back for his eighth year and that the coaching staff would have conversations with Rising even if he didn't call Rising's latest setback season-ending.

Even if Rising returns sometime in 2024, that doesn't rule out the possibility of an eighth season. In June, the United States Department of Justice filed a proposed consent decree that would prohibit the NCAA from enforcing its transfer eligibility rule, a provision that states that Division I student-athletes must complete a season during or after 2019. Considered ineligible for any part. 20 academic years An additional season of eligibility will be granted by the NCAA.

Rising was forced to sit out when he moved from Texas to Utah in 2019. He also suffered a season-ending injury in one game of the 2020 campaign and missed the entire 2023 season while recovering from a devastating knee injury. He started just 27 games in his six years with the Utes. Utah has won two Pac-12 titles with a (mostly) healthy rising to lead the show from 2021-22.