Texas QB Cameron Rising visiting Utah
One program that could potentially pry quarterback
Cameron Rising away from
Tom Herman and Texas is now known. Horns247 has learned through multiple sources with knowledge of the situation that Rising is taking an official recruiting visit to Utah this weekend.
Rising put his name in the NCAA transfer portal on Dec. 22, this after meetings with Herman where the true freshman and former 247Sports Composite four-star prospect from Newbury Park (Calif.) expressed a desire to explore his options. Herman and the Texas staff made it clear to Rising that they want him to be a part of the program’s future, but Rising went home for Christmas before the reconvened in Austin and departed for the Allstate Sugar Bowl with his name in the portal.
Utah's quarterback situation is one where the path to playing time is easier than how things look on the Forty Acres. While Rising will likely be behind starting quarterback
Sam Ehlinger for two more seasons, Utah's
Tyler Huntley is entering his senior season with Utes in 2018, which could (in theory) have Rising battling Texas product
Jason Shelley (Frisco Lone Star) for the starting nod in the spring and summer of 2020.
Rising and fellow true freshman
Casey Thompson both entered the transfer portal on the same weekend. Both quarterbacks, however, were with the Longhorns in New Orleans for the program’s 28-21 win over Georgia inside the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on New Year’s night and both Herman and co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
Tim Beck expressed leading up to the game that they would prefer both quarterbacks to stick it out and be members of the roster in 2019.
"We want them to stick around," Herman said when the Longhorns arrived in New Orleans on Dec. 27. "We don't want to lose either one of them. And nowadays in college football, that's their right, and that's something the football oversight committee and transfer oversight committee thought was a necessary next step, and we respect that. We've been very communicative with both families and both young men, and they're happy to be here and happy to be a part of their team. This is the way of the world now, and guys who want to explore their options have the right to do so. We also have the opportunity to communicate with them how important they are to our program.
"I think it would be different if it was a guy who was playing a lot, but these are two kids who were planning on redshirting, even if they were to play in this game (the Sugar Bowl), this year would be a redshirt year,” he added. "I don't think it's any indication of whether they're part of this team or not. I think it's simply guys taking advantage of a new rule. We support them. They know where we stand. We certainly want them back. We feel they are an integral part of our future, but this is the way of the world and where we are."
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