On Monday, the college football world learned that Cam Rising will miss the rest of the 2024 college football season. That terrible news on Monday was then followed by a very significant update out of Salt Lake City.
Utah plans to consider Rising for an eighth year at the university. Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham said as much Monday as well, but making sure to note they haven’t consulted Rising yet.
“There will be consideration for an8th year, we’ll have to consider it,” Whittingham said via reporter Steve Bartle.
There will be a consideration for an 8th year, “we’ll have to consider it, not sure if Cam has considered it” Whitt on Rising potentially redshirting again.
— Steve Bartle (@BartleKSLsports) October 14, 2024
Rising has played at Utah for several years thanks to COVID-year rules and other eligibility hurdles he’s climbed over. Injuries have had a lot to do with it as well. He missed all of last season, and his last full season was in 2022.
In his long career, Rising has thrown for 6,127 yards, 53 touchdowns, and 17 interceptions.
Several joined to react to the news, and reaction was about split down the middle.
Cam Rising playing his 48th season of college football after 43 medical redshirts
pic.twitter.com/XQdWI6Niwc— Tech N Tortillas 🌵 (@techntortillas) October 14, 2024
Me when Cam Rising entered college vs me now pic.twitter.com/8MMrLem7sV
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) October 14, 2024
The year is 2067. Cam Rising, Ph.D., JD, MSSW, MPA, MBA, MFA, Ed.D., MD, has been injured and is considering another year of college football. https://t.co/pAk1QKbrR1
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) October 14, 2024
I disagree with everyone encouraging Cam Rising to abandon his education. The University of Utah offers 99 different majors, and I hope he stays long enough to earn them all
— Jason Kirk (read my novel) (@JasonKirk_fyi) October 14, 2024
It continued, with some voicing their frustrations over the situation. “I love me some Cam Rising but this is madness,” Graham Coffey said.
I love me some Cam Rising but this is madness. It has to stop at some point https://t.co/RVk7zjkyLi
— Graham Coffey (@GrahamCoffeyDC) October 14, 2024
Come on https://t.co/oc0XJyYvwJ
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) October 14, 2024
Big fan of Cam and the Rising family from my days on the recruiting beat but it is time to go pro in something other than football, boss. https://t.co/AmLKJoc6lW
— Mike Craven (@CravenMike) October 14, 2024
— Alex Kirshner (@alex_kirshner) October 14, 2024
We’ll see if Rising returns to Utah. But perhaps the onlookers had a point about eligibility and how far it’s been extended since the COVID year.
