Cameron James Rising (born May 13, 1999) is an American football coach and former quarterback. Rising played college football for the Texas Longhorns and the Utah Utes.
Early life Rising attended Newbury Park High School in Newbury Park, California. He committed to the University of Texas at Austin to play college football.
College career Rising redshirted his only year at Texas in 2018. He transferred to the University of Utah in 2019. After redshirting his first year at Utah, Rising competed with Jake Bentley 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 interception before suffering a shoulder injury which caused him to miss the rest of the season. Rising returned from the injury to compete with Charlie Brewer 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 touchdowns 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 Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TD 2018 Texas Freshman 2019 Utah Transfer 2020 Utah 1 1 0−1 3 6 50.0 45 7.5 0 1 79.7 1 -11 -11.0 0 2021 Utah 13 11 8−3 204 320 63.8 2,493 7.8 20 5 146.7 74 499 6.7 6 2022 Utah 13 13 10−3 249 385 64.7 3,034 7.9 26 8 149.0 77 465 6.0 6 2023 Utah Medical 2024 Utah 3 3 2−1 34 66 51.5 555 8.4 7 3 148.1 8 33 4.1 0Career 30 28 20−8 490 778 63.0 6,127 7.9 53 17 147.2 160 986 6.2 12
Coaching career
On May 7, 2025, Rising announced that he was medically retiring from football. It was subsequently announced that Rising would be joining Newbury Park High School, his alma mater, as the team's offensive coordinator.
References
External links Utah profile