PHILADELPHIA – University of Utah Football quarterback Cameron Rising has been named to the 2024 Maxwell Award Preseason Watch List, it was announced today by the Maxwell Football Club.
Rising is one of 80 players across the FBS earning the recognition with the Big 12 landing 15 total players on the list. The Maxwell Award, which is in its 88th year, is presented annually to the most outstanding player in college football.
Rising was a semifinalist for the Maxwell Award in 2022 along with the Davey O'Brien Award after being named All-Pac-12 and the MVP of the Pac-12 title game. He is a two-time all-conference selection, earning first-team in 2021, holding an overall win record of 18-6, which is tied for fifth all-time at Utah.
The Ventura, Calif., native enters the 2024 season with 15 career games with 200+ passing yards, including two 300-yard games and one 400-yard game. In back-to-back seasons (2021, 2022), Rising ranked in the top-10 in ESPN's QBR Rating, including a No. 6 rating in 2021.
In just 27 career games (25 starts), Rising already ranks in the top-10 all-time at Utah in career completions (7th, 456), touchdown passes (T-6th, 46) and passing yards (7th, 5,572). He also ranks third all-time in career passing efficiency (147.38) and is fourth in completion percentage (.641).
