Kurtis Rourke

Kurtis Rourke (born October 25, 2000) is a Canadian American football quarterback for the Ohio Bobcats football.

Kurtis Rourke
Ohio Bobcats – No. 7
PositionQuarterback
Class
Redshirt
Redshirt
Junior
MajorUndecided
Personal information
Born: (2000-10-25) October 25, 2000
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight211 lb (96 kg)
Career history
College
  • Ohio (2019–present)
High schoolHoly Trinity (ON)
Career highlights and awards

College career

Rourke is 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. His sophomore year, he was named MAC student athlete of the week on October 27, 2021.[1] As the primary quarterback for the 2022 Bobcats, he was MAC East offensive player of the week for week one of the 2022 season after passing for 308 yards and four touchdowns against Florida Atlantic.[2] In week 4 he again was MAC East offensive player of the week after passing for a school record 537 yards against Fordham, and again in week 10 with 317 yards and five touchdown passes against Buffalo[3] After thowing for 3,256 yards and 25 touchdowns, Rourke suffered a season ending torn ACL in the eleventh game of the season against Ball State.[4][5] 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.[6]

Statistics
Year Games Passing Rushing
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
Ohio Bobcats
2019 100–0000.00000.03206.70
2020 332–1304468.238630164.414171.20
2021 1093–616925865.51,801117132.5753654.93
2022 11 11 8–3 244 353 69.1 3,256 25 4 167.7 74 249 3.4 4
Career242212-1043364267.45,2903811152.81606013.87

Personal life

Rourke's older brother Nathan Rourke, who preceded Kurtis as Ohio's starting quarterback, is a professional quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL).[7]

References
  1. "Kurtis Rourke Named MAC Student Athlete Of The Week". Ohio University.
  2. "MAC Announces Week 1 Football Players of the Week". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  3. "Week 4 MAC Football Players of the Week Announced". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
  4. "Ohio's Kurtis Rourke out for season after suffering torn ACL, meniscus". ESPN. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  5. "Kurtis Rourke". ESPN. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  6. "MAC Announces 2022 Postseason Football Awards & All-Conference Teams". Mid-American Conference.
  7. "Record-setting CFL QB Rourke to sign with Jags". Jacksonville Jaguars. January 16, 2023.
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