Kurtis Rourke Explained

Kurtis Rourke
School:Indiana Hoosiers
Currentnumber:9
Currentposition:Quarterback
Class: Senior
Birth Date:25 October 2000
Birth Place:Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Heightft:6
Heightin:5
Weight Lb:231
Major:Sports Administration
Bowlgames:
Highlights:
  • MAC Most Valuable Player (2022)
  • MAC Offensive Player of the Year (2022)
  • First-team All-MAC (2022)
  • Second-team All-MAC (2023)
Highschool:Holy Trinity (ON)
Pastschools:
Espn:4430431

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

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD
Ohio Bobcats
20191 0 0–0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 20 6.7 0
20203 3 2–1 30 44 68.2 386 8.8 3 0 164.4 14 17 1.2 0
202110 9 3–6 169 258 65.5 1,801 7.0 11 7 132.5 75 365 4.9 3
202211 11 8–3 244 353 69.1 3,256 9.2 25 4 167.7 74 249 3.4 4
202311 11 8–3 195 307 63.5 2,207 7.2 11 5 132.5 67 219 3.3 4
Indiana Hoosiers
20240 0 0–0 0 0 0.0 0 00 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 B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).[23] [24]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kurtis Rourke Named MAC Student Athlete Of The Week. Ohio University Athletics. October 27, 2021.
  2. Web site: Rourke Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Weekk. Ohio University Athletics. October 27, 2021.
  3. Web site: MAC Announces Week 1 Football Players of the Week. September 5, 2022. September 5, 2022. getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference.
  4. Web site: Week 4 MAC Football Players of the Week Announced. September 26, 2022. September 27, 2022. getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference.
  5. Web site: Ohio's Kurtis Rourke out for season after suffering torn ACL, meniscus. The Athletic. Chris. Vannini. November 23, 2022. November 23, 2022.
  6. Web site: Kurtis Rourke. ESPN. November 23, 2022.
  7. Web site: MAC Announces 2022 Postseason Football Awards & All-Conference Teams. Mid-American Conference. 29 November 2022 . en.
  8. Web site: 2023 Maxwell Award Watch List. 31 July 2023. July 31, 2023. Maxwell Football Club.
  9. Web site: Rourke Named on 2023 Maxwell Award Watch List. July 31, 2023. July 31, 2023.
  10. Web site: Davey O'Brien Award Announces 2023 Preseason Watch List. August 8, 2023. August 8, 2023.
  11. Web site: Ohio's Rourke, Toledo's Finn Named to Davey O'Brien Award Watch List. 8 August 2023. 8 August 2023. Mid-American Conference.
  12. Web site: Forty Five Players Named to Walter Camp 2023 Player of Year Preseason Watch List. waltercamp.org. Walter Camp Football Foundation. Al. Carbone. 11 August 2023. 11 August 2023.
  13. Web site: Eastern Michigan's Evans, Ohio's Rourke Tabbed to Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List. 11 August 2023. 11 August 2023. Mid-American Conference.
  14. Web site: Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Manning Award Watch List. 15 August 2023. 15 August 2023. Allstate Sugar Bowl.
  15. Web site: Trio of MAC Quarterbacks Named to Manning Award Watch List. 15 August 2023. 15 August 2023. Mid-American Conference.
  16. Web site: The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Unveils 2023 Watch List. 22 August 2023. 29 August 2023. Golden Arm Foundation.
  17. Web site: Rourke Named on Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 2023 Watch List. 22 August 2023. 28 August 2023. Ohio Athletics.
  18. Web site: MAC Announces 2023 Postseason Football Awards & All-Conference Teams. Mid-American Conference. 29 November 2023 . en.
  19. Web site: Six Ohio Football Student-Athletes Earn All-MAC Accolades. Ohio Athletics. 29 November 2023 . en.
  20. Web site: 2024 College Football Transfer Portal .
  21. Web site: Ohio transfer quarterback Kurtis Rourke announces commitment to Indiana. The Daily Hoosier. Mike. Schumann. December 14, 2023. December 14, 2023.
  22. Web site: Nathan Rourke - 2019 - Football . 2022-12-12 . Ohio University Athletics . en.
  23. Web site: Record-setting CFL QB Rourke to sign with Jags . . January 16, 2023.
  24. Web site: Falcons sign QB who was Most Outstanding Canadian in 2022 and former UFL TE . 2024-08-31 . . en-US.

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