Kurtis Rourke
| No. 14 – San Francisco 49ers | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
Roster status | Active |
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 25, 2000 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Holy Trinity (Oakville, Ontario) |
| College | |
| NFL draft | 2025: 7th round, 227th overall pick |
| CFL draft | 2025: 3rd round, 25th overall pick |
| Career history | |
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| Awards and highlights | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Kurtis Rourke (born October 25, 2000) is a Canadian professional football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio Bobcats and Indiana Hoosiers. Rourke was selected by the 49ers in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft.
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. 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 season after passing for 308 yards and four touchdowns against Florida Atlantic. 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. 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. 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.
Prior to the 2023 season, he was included on the watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award, Walter Camp Award, Manning Award, and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. and finished the regular season as second team all-MAC. He entered the transfer portal on December 5, 2023.
Indiana
On December 14, 2023, Rourke announced that he would be transferring to Indiana. On November 30, 2024, Rourke tied a school record with 6 passing touchdowns in a 66–0 victory over Purdue. In 12 games for the Hoosiers, Rourke logged 3,042 passing yards, 29 touchdowns, and five interceptions. On January 3, 2025, it was announced that Rourke had played the entire season on a torn ACL in his right knee, and would undergo surgery to repair the injury.
College statistics
| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| 2019 | Ohio | 1 | 0 | — | Redshirted  | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |||||||
| 2020 | Ohio | 3 | 3 | 2–1 | 30 | 44 | 68.2 | 386 | 8.8 | 3 | 0 | 164.4 | 14 | 17 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2021 | Ohio | 10 | 9 | 3–4 | 169 | 259 | 65.3 | 1,801 | 7.0 | 11 | 7 | 132.3 | 74 | 327 | 4.4 | 3 |
| 2022 | Ohio | 11 | 11 | 8–3 | 244 | 353 | 69.1 | 3,257 | 9.2 | 25 | 4 | 167.7 | 74 | 245 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 2023 | Ohio | 11 | 11 | 8–3 | 195 | 307 | 63.5 | 2,207 | 7.2 | 11 | 5 | 132.5 | 67 | 219 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 2024 | Indiana | 12 | 12 | 10–2 | 222 | 320 | 69.4 | 3,042 | 9.5 | 29 | 5 | 176.0 | 46 | –35 | –0.8 | 2 |
| Career | 48 | 46 | 31–13 | 860 | 1,283 | 67.0 | 10,693 | 8.3 | 79 | 21 | 154.1 | 278 | 793 | 2.9 | 13 | |
- ↑ Accounts for only games started as a quarterback: On 11/16/21 and 11/26/21, Armani Rogers took the first snap at quarterback while Kurtis Rourke started at wide receiver, Rogers was credited with the decision, even if removed after the first play.
Professional career
Rourke declared for the NFL draft, although he was also eligible for the CFL draft due to being a Canadian player in the NCAA, and was projected to be a top draft pick there if he were to go undrafted in the NFL draft; he was ranked #2 overall in the CFL's final pre-draft rankings.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4+1⁄4 in (1.94 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | 30+1⁄4 in (0.77 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 6 ft 3+1⁄8 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine | ||||||||||||
Rourke was selected in the seventh round (227th overall) by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2025 NFL draft and in the third round (25th overall) by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the 2025 CFL draft.
Personal life
Rourke was born to Larry and Robyn Rourke. Rourke's older brother Nathan Rourke, who preceded Kurtis as Ohio's starting quarterback, is a professional quarterback who plays for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Rourke is married to Caroline Rourke.
Rourke is a Christian. He has said, “My identity is in Jesus and not my sport. I may have a bad practice, may have a bad throw, but knowing that, no matter what, Jesus is proud of me. He's proud that I'm there and my goal every day [is] to work to glorify Him.”
References
- ↑ "Kurtis Rourke Named MAC Student Athlete Of The Week". Ohio University Athletics. October 27, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Rourke Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Weekk". Ohio University Athletics. October 27, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2025.
- ↑ "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. November 29, 2022.
- ↑ "2023 Maxwell Award Watch List". Maxwell Football Club. July 31, 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. August 8, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ↑ Carbone, Al (August 11, 2023). "Forty Five Players Named to Walter Camp 2023 Player of Year Preseason Watch List". waltercamp.org. Walter Camp Football Foundation. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Eastern Michigan's Evans, Ohio's Rourke Tabbed to Walter Camp Player of the Year Watch List". Mid-American Conference. August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
- ↑ "Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Manning Award Watch List". Allstate Sugar Bowl. August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ↑ "Trio of MAC Quarterbacks Named to Manning Award Watch List". Mid-American Conference. August 15, 2023. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ↑ "The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Unveils 2023 Watch List". Golden Arm Foundation. August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ↑ "Rourke Named on Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award 2023 Watch List". Ohio Athletics. August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
- ↑ "MAC Announces 2023 Postseason Football Awards & All-Conference Teams". Mid-American Conference. November 29, 2023.
- ↑ "Six Ohio Football Student-Athletes Earn All-MAC Accolades". Ohio Athletics. November 29, 2023.
- ↑ "2024 College Football Transfer Portal".
- ↑ Schumann, Mike (December 14, 2023). "Ohio transfer quarterback Kurtis Rourke announces commitment to Indiana". The Daily Hoosier. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
- ↑ "Hoosiers Cap Greatest Season Ever With 66-0 Blowout Win of Rival Purdue". si.com. Retrieved December 17, 2024.
- ↑ "Agent for Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke says he played whole season on torn ACL". nbcsports.com. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- ↑ "Ohio Football Game Notes: Bowling Green" (PDF). Ohio Bobcats. Ohio University Athletics. November 23, 2021. Retrieved July 9, 2026.
- ↑ "Toughness Not an Issue as Rourke Prepares for NFL Draft". Indiana University Athletics. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Elic Ayomanor Vaults to Top Spot in Spring Edition of CFL Scouting Bureau". Canadian Football League. April 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Kurtis Rourke Draft and Combine Prospect Profile". NFL.com. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Kurtis Rourke College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
- ↑ Jeannel, Briana (April 26, 2025). "49ers Select QB Kurtis Rourke with the No. 227 Pick in the 2025 NFL Draft". 49ers.com. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Nathan Rourke - 2019 - Football". Ohio University Athletics. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ↑ "Record-setting CFL QB Rourke to sign with Jags". Jacksonville Jaguars. January 16, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
- ↑ Waack, Terrin (August 1, 2024). "Falcons sign QB who was Most Outstanding Canadian in 2022 and former UFL TE". Atlanta Falcons. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
- 1 2 Mercer, Kevin (November 21, 2024). "QB Kurtis Rourke leading undefeated Indiana while playing 'to glorify God'". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved December 2, 2024.