Nathan Rourke

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Born
1998 (27 years old)
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Victoria, BC

Position
Quarterback

Status
Active

Ethnicity
White

Team Number
12

Height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight
209 lb210 lb (95 kg)

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American Football

Team
BC Lions

League
CFL

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Nathan Rourke (born May 24, 1998) is a Canadian professional football quarterback. He previously played for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Rourke played college football for the Ohio Bobcats. Rourke set the all-time CFL records completion percentage (79.2%) during the 2022 CFL season.

Early years
Rourke was born in Victoria, British Columbia but grew up in Oakville, Ontario. He played minor football for the Burlington Stampeders before playing for three years at Holy Trinity Catholic Secondary School in Oakville. He transferred to Edgewood Academy in Elmore, Alabama, for his senior season of high school football. After his grade 12 season, he committed to play college football at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kansas.

College career
Rourke spent one season at Fort Scott, where he was named first-team All-KJCCC. He then transferred to Ohio University, where he started at quarterback for three years for the Bobcats. Rourke led Ohio to a 25–14 overall record as a starting quarterback for the Bobcats, while leading the team to three consecutive bowl victories in the 2017 Bahamas Bowl, 2018 Frisco Bowl, and the 2020 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (January).

He was the first winner of the Jon Cornish Trophy as the top Canadian football player in the NCAA for 2017, and repeated as winner in 2018. Growing up, Rourke idolized Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre.

On August 13, 2024, it was announced that Rourke had re-signed with the BC Lions.

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