Utah QB Cameron Rising is reportedly out for the game against Utah State due to a hand injury

Utah QB Cameron Rising appears to have avoided a serious injury to his right hand.

Rising is reportedly set to miss Saturday’s game against Utah State, but is expected to return for the Utes’ Sept. 21 game against Oklahoma State. Rising injured his right hand late in the first half of Utah’s Week 2 game against Baylor.

Rising ran to the left sideline and was pushed out of bounds after throwing the ball away. Rising fell into the drink station on Baylor’s sideline and appeared to hit his hand on a cooler.

His hand was bloody after the game and he went to the locker room before halftime. Rising returned to the sideline in the second half without his uniform and was replaced for the remainder of the game by freshman Isaac Wilson. While on the sideline, Rising had bandages on his middle and ring fingers.

Wilson will start against Utah State in Rising’s absence. He was 4-of-9 passing for 30 yards as Utah defeated the Bears 23-12. The Utes failed to score in the second half after taking a 23-3 lead into halftime.

Rising, a seventh-year senior, has thrown seven TD passes in less than two games this season. He opened the season with five TD passes against Southern Utah and was 8-of-14 for 92 yards and two TDs in the first half against Baylor.

Rising showed just how important he is to the Utes when Utah’s offense struggled mightily in 2023 while he was sidelined. Rising missed the entire season after suffering a knee injury in the Rose Bowl at the end of the 2022 season. Bryson Barnes, one of the quarterbacks who took snaps in his absence, transferred to Utah State during the offseason and will start for the Aggies on Saturday.