Utah’s Cam Rising was the starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against Baylor but will finish it on the sidelines in street clothes after injuring his right hand and leaving the game late in the second quarter.
The injury reportedly happened after Rising was pushed into a bank of water coolers on the Baylor sideline. He exited the game and was later seen on the sidelines, out of uniform and sporting tape holding together the ring finger and middle finger of his right hand.
Prior to the injury, Rising had notched two touchdowns on 8-of-14 passes for 92 yards to help the No. 11 Utes build a 23-0 lead. Baylor then scored 12 unanswered points as of this writing.
Rising was replaced by true freshman Isaac Wilson, the younger brother of NFL quarterback Zach Wilson.
Rising is a seventh-year senior making a comeback from a major knee injury suffered in the 2023 Rose Bowl which kept him out all of last season.
His return had been expected to be a boost to Utah’s chances to win the conference title in their first year in the Big 12, given that Rising threw for a combined 46 touchdowns and more than 5,000 yards in leading Utah to identical 10-4 records and the Pac-12 titles in 2021 and 2022.
