Redshirt freshman QB Nate Johnson will start for the Utes Saturday afternoon against the Bruins.
SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah's offense remained in the hands of Nate Johnson on Saturday afternoon.Johnson, a redshirt freshman, started for the second straight week as the Utes opened Pac-12-play against UCLA at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Cam Rising was a fully-padded participant in warmups for the first time this season, but was on the sidelines street clothes at kickoff.
In spite of Utah's first 3-0 start since 2019, the continued absence of the program's most-important player makes what is possible this season for the two-time, reigning Pac-12 champion much tougher to bring into focus. Rising rehabbed himself to the point of being a limited participant as fall camp began, but that limited tag remained until he received green-light, no-limitation clearance for practice on the eve of the opener. At that point, it was too late to get Rising on-boarded to face the Gators, but his return at some point this month felt imminent.
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