Kurtis Rourke
Indiana Hoosiers
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Junior
MajorSports Administration
Personal information
Born: (2000-10-25) October 25, 2000 (age 23)
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight231 lb (105 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High schoolHoly Trinity (ON)
Career highlights and awards

Kurtis Rourke (born October 25, 2000) is a Canadian American football quarterback who will play for the Indiana Hoosiers. He previously played for the Ohio Bobcats football team.

College career

Ohio

Rourke was the starting quarterback for the Ohio Bobcats football team. After redshirting in 2019, he shared time at quarterback with Armani Rogers in 2020 and 2021. He was named MAC student athlete of the week on October 27, 2021, and September 27, 2023.[1][2] As the starting quarterback for the Bobcats in 2022, he was MAC East offensive player of the week three times during the 2022 season. The first time came in week one of the after passing for 308 yards and four touchdowns against Florida Atlantic.[3] He won the award again in week 4 after passing for a school record 537 yards against Fordham, and also in week 10 with 317 yards and five touchdown passes against Buffalo.[4] After throwing for 3,256 yards and 25 touchdowns, Rourke suffered a season ending torn ACL in the eleventh game of the season against Ball State.[5][6] In spite of missing the last game and a half of the regular season, he won the 2022 Vern Smith Leadership Award for MAC Player of the Year.[7]

Prior to the 2023 season, he was included on the watch lists for the Maxwell Award,[8][9] Davey O'Brien Award,[10][11] Walter Camp Award,[12][13] Manning Award,[14][15] and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.[16][17] and finished the regular season as second team all-MAC.[18][19] He entered the transfer portal on December 5, 2023.[20]

Indiana

On December 14, 2023, Rourke announced that he would be transferring to Indiana.[21]

College statistics

Season Games Passing Rushing
GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
Ohio Bobcats
2019 1 0 0–0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 20 6.7 0
2020 3 3 2–1 30 44 68.2 386 8.8 3 0 164.4 14 17 1.2 0
2021 10 9 3–6 169 258 65.5 1,801 7.0 11 7 132.5 75 365 4.9 3
2022 11 11 8–3 244 353 69.1 3,256 9.2 25 4 167.7 74 249 3.4 4
2023 11 11 8–3 195 307 63.5 2,207 7.2 11 5 132.5 67 219 3.3 4
Indiana Hoosiers
2024 0 0 0–0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Career 36 34 21–13 638 963 66.3 7,651 7.9 50 16 146.8 262 828 3.6 11

Personal life

He was born to Larry and Robyn Rourke.[22] Rourke's older brother Nathan Rourke, who preceded Kurtis as Ohio's starting quarterback, is a professional quarterback who plays for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL).[23]

References

  1. ^ "Kurtis Rourke Named MAC Student Athlete Of The Week". Ohio University Athletics. October 27, 2021.
  2. ^ "Rourke Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Weekk". Ohio University Athletics. October 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "MAC Announces Week 1 Football Players of the Week". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Week 4 MAC Football Players of the Week Announced". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  5. ^ Vannini, Chris (November 23, 2022). "Ohio's Kurtis Rourke out for season after suffering torn ACL, meniscus". The Athletic. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  6. ^ "Kurtis Rourke". ESPN. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  7. ^ "MAC Announces 2022 Postseason Football Awards & All-Conference Teams". Mid-American Conference. 29 November 2022.
  8. ^ "2023 Maxwell Award Watch List". Maxwell Football Club. 31 July 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "Rourke Named on 2023 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  10. ^ "Davey O'Brien Award Announces 2023 Preseason Watch List". August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  11. ^ "Ohio's Rourke, Toledo's Finn Named to Davey O'Brien Award Watch List". Mid-American Conference. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  12. ^ Carbone, Al (11 August 2023). "Forty Five Players Named to Walter Camp 2023 Player of Year Preseason Watch List". waltercamp.org. Walter Camp Football Foundation. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Eastern Michigan's Evans, Ohio's Rourke Tabbed to Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List". Mid-American Conference. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Manning Award Watch List". Allstate Sugar Bowl. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  15. ^ "Trio of MAC Quarterbacks Named to Manning Award Watch List". Mid-American Conference. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  16. ^ "The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Unveils 2023 Watch List". Golden Arm Foundation. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Rourke Named on Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 2023 Watch List". Ohio Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  18. ^ "MAC Announces 2023 Postseason Football Awards & All-Conference Teams". Mid-American Conference. 29 November 2023.
  19. ^ "Six Ohio Football Student-Athletes Earn All-MAC Accolades". Ohio Athletics. 29 November 2023.
  20. ^ "2024 College Football Transfer Portal".
  21. ^ Schumann, Mike (December 14, 2023). "Ohio transfer quarterback Kurtis Rourke announces commitment to Indiana". The Daily Hoosier. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  22. ^ "Nathan Rourke - 2019 - Football". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  23. ^ "Record-setting CFL QB Rourke to sign with Jags". Jacksonville Jaguars. January 16, 2023.

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