The Saskatchewan Roughriders selected Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Kurtis Rourke in the third round, 25th overall during the 2025 CFL Draft.
“It’s a future’s pick and something that may never happen. When we looked at the potential of having him on your team, what he would bring, the success his brother’s had in our league — you can never have enough good quarterbacks — we thought that was a time we should take a shot on him,”
“For all we know, Kurtis is going to go have a great career in the NFL, but if he doesn’t than there’s an opportunity with us. It takes guts to make a pick like that knowing there’s a possibility that you don’t get him. It’s one of those risk-rewards, I think I’ve shown were not scared to make those picks,” general manager Jeremy O’Day said.
The San Francisco 49ers used a seventh-round pick on Indiana Hoosiers QB Kurtis Rourkein the 2025 NFL Draft.
Rourke, 24, grew up in Ontario, Canada, and is the younger brother of BC Lions starting quarterbackNathan Rourke. Kurtis joined the Ohio Bobcats in 2019. He played there for five seasons, which included a redshirt year and a season-ending ACL tear in 2022. After his career at Ohio, he transferred to Indiana in 2024 to play his final year of college eligibility in Bloomington.
Rourke started 12 games for the Hoosiers in 2024leading Indiana to their first ever College Football Playoff appearance. The Canadian signal caller recorded 3,042 passing yards, 29 touchdowns and five interceptions, with a career-high 69.4 completion percentage which led him to finish ninth overall in Heisman Trophy voting.
The 6'5", 231-pound QB was a two-time second-team all-conference selection, earning honors in both the Mid-American Conference and Big Ten.
Kurtis Rourke finished his college career with 11,486 total yards of offense and 92 total touchdowns.