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Pete Thamel Eli Lederman Close Eli Lederman ESPN Personnel Writer Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Sep 21, 2024, 09:11 AM ET Utah quarterback Camera Rising wore a protective glove on his tossing hand in pregame warmups and did not begin for the Utes Saturday afternoon, sidelined by
a right-hand man injury for a 2nd straight week.Freshman quarterback Isaac Wilson made his second profession start in Increasing’s place, leading No. 12 Utah into its top-15 visit to 14th-ranked Oklahoma State in one of the marquee matches of the 2024 Big 12 calendar.ESPN had actually formerly reported that Rising would be a game-time choice in Week 4. Editor’s Picks Rising hurt his hand Sept. 7 versus Baylor in the 2nd quarter
when he threw a ball away and was pushed out of bounds and landed awkwardly on the water coolers on the Bears sideline.Rising warmed up with a glove on his hand before recently’s game versus Utah
State however did not play, and he was identified with two fingers wrapped on the sideline versus Baylor.Utah’s offense plays a majority of its snaps under center and uses clapping as a system in its
snapping operation, which would both stress the fingers.Wilson is a real freshman who made his very first career start versus Utah State, going 20-of-33 passing for 239 backyards and
three touchdowns. He took first-team representatives in practice this week when Increasing wasn’t out there.Wilson is the bro of former BYU quarterback Zach Wilson, who now plays in the NFL for the Denver Broncos.Rising is a seventh-year elder who had become one of the Pac-12’s leading quarterbacks in 2021 and 2022. He has actually been snakebit by injuries in recent seasons, as an injury in the Rose Bowl following the 2022 season ultimately caused him missing the whole 2023 season.