Kurtis Rourke
| Ohio Bobcats – No. 7 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Major | Sports Administration |
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| Born: | October 25, 2000 Oakville, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
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| High school | Holy Trinity (ON) |
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Kurtis Rourke (born October 25, 2000) is a Canadian American football quarterback for the Ohio Bobcats football team.
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. Hee 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]
Statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | 7 | 7 | 5–2 | 122 | 194 | 62.9 | 1,343 | 6.6 | 9 | 5 | 131.2 | 38 | 184 | 4.8 | 2 | |
| Career | 32 | 30 | 18–12 | 567 | 852 | 66.5 | 6,802 | 8.0 | 48 | 16 | 148.5 | 203 | 797 | 3.9 | 9 | |
Personal life
He was born to Larry and Robyn Rourke.[18] Rourke's older brother Nathan Rourke, who preceded Kurtis as Ohio's starting quarterback, is a professional quarterback who plays for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL).[19]
References
- ^ "Kurtis Rourke Named MAC Student Athlete Of The Week". Ohio University Athletics. October 27, 2021.
- ^ "Rourke Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Weekk". Ohio University Athletics. October 27, 2021.
- ^ "MAC Announces Week 1 Football Players of the Week". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. September 5, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Week 4 MAC Football Players of the Week Announced". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ Vannini, Chris (November 23, 2022). "Ohio's Kurtis Rourke out for season after suffering torn ACL, meniscus". The Athletic. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "Kurtis Rourke". ESPN. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
- ^ "MAC Announces 2022 Postseason Football Awards & All-Conference Teams". Mid-American Conference.
- ^ "2023 Maxwell Award Watch List". Maxwell Football Club. 31 July 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ "Rourke Named on 2023 Maxwell Award Watch List". July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ "Davey O'Brien Award Announces 2023 Preseason Watch List". August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ "Ohio's Rourke, Toledo's Finn Named to Davey O'Brien Award Watch List". Mid-American Conference. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Manning Award Watch List". Allstate Sugar Bowl. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Trio of MAC Quarterbacks Named to Manning Award Watch List". Mid-American Conference. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Unveils 2023 Watch List". Golden Arm Foundation. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "Rourke Named on Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 2023 Watch List". Ohio Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ "Nathan Rourke - 2019 - Football". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- ^ "Record-setting CFL QB Rourke to sign with Jags". Jacksonville Jaguars. January 16, 2023.