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    Utah QB Cam Isaac Wilson, who is out indefinitely with the latest injury, will start in his place

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    Utah will be without quarterback Cam Rising for the foreseeable future.

    Utah head coach Kyle Whittingham announced Monday that Rising will be out “indefinitely” after suffering a lower leg injury in their 27-19 loss to Arizona State on Friday night. The injury was the last injury the seventh-year quarterback has dealt with throughout his career.

    Freshman Isaac Wilson will start in Rising’s place going forward. Whittingham did not have a specific timeline for Rising’s recovery and it is unclear whether he will be able to play again this season.

    “I can’t give you a timeline. It could be the rest of the season,” Whittingham said, via ESPN. “I’m not sure exactly how long it will take, but I know it will take a minute.”

    Rising returned to the field for the Utes on Friday night after missing three games with a hand injury. He took a hard hit in the pocket early and had his right leg curled up as he was brought down.

    Although he stayed in the match, he struggled the rest of the way. Rising finished throwing 16 of 37 for 209 yards and he threw three interceptions.

    Rising first started at Texas in 2018, though he redshirted that season and then sat out all of 2019 after transferring to Utah. He suffered a season-ending shoulder injury in his first game in 2020, and suffered a concussion and then a knee injury during back-to-back Rose Bowls in 2021 and 2022. The knee injury continued to creep up around the world. Season 2023.

    Although he is in his seventh season, Rising could return for an eighth year next fall if he so chooses. While Whittingham said they are open to that idea, he’s not sure Rising would want that.

    “Now that we’re in the situation we’re in, that’s a possibility,” he said. “We will have to investigate this extensively with the compliance department. And I’m not even sure Cam would want to go that route. He has a lot to think about, and so (he needs) to step back now and let them thoroughly diagnose this most recent injury… That would be something we’ll talk about sooner rather than later.”

    However, Rising wasn’t all that interested in returning for an eighth season in July. The situation is undoubtedly different now than it was three months ago.

    “Seven is good enough for me,” he said. ‘But you never know. The cards are always on the table.”

    With Rising out, Wilson will start in his place. Wilson, the younger brother of Denver Broncos quarterback Zach Wilson, has made three starts this season in Rising’s absence. He went 20-of-40 for 280 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in their loss to Arizona on September 28, although he led the Utes past both Utah State and then No. 14 State of Oklahoma.

    Utah, which is 4-2 this season, will host TCU on Saturday.

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