2023: Made 11 starts for the Bobcats… Tallied 2,207 passing yards on 307 passes with 195 completions… Finished with a 64 percent completion percentage and 11 passing touchdowns… Rushed for 219 yards on 67 attempts with four touchdowns… Became second leading passer in Ohio history (Nov. 24), passing his brother, Nathan… Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week (Sept. 27)… Names MAC East Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 27)… Named All-MAC Second Team Offense (Nov. 29)… Named Second Team Offense on Phil Steele All-MAC Postseason Team (Dec. 19)… Made Academic All-MAC Team (Dec. 22)... Earned 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Football Team accolades (Dec. 19).
2022: Played in 11 games this season… Named MAC Offensive Player of the Year and awarded the Vern Smith Leadership Award… Recorded 244 passes for over 3200 yards and 25 touchdowns… Completed over 69% of his passes leading to a rating of 167… Set multiple program records against Fordham (Sept. 24), finishing the game with the most passing yards in a game (537) and most completions (41)… Tied program record for most passing touchdowns in a game (5 vs. Akron)… Finished season with 3,256 passing yards and 244 completions, both of which rank second in program history… Recorded second-best completion percentage in a game (.889 vs. Akron) and in a season (.691)… Averaged most passing yards per game (296) and highest passing efficiency (167.7) on the season… 2022 Cornish Trophy Runner Up… Named on 2022 College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) Midseason watchlist… Three-time MAC East Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5, Sept. 26 and Nov. 7) … Two-time Manning Award “Stars of the Week” (Oct. 10 and Nov. 7)… Named Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2022 (Nov. 1) and Davey O’Briend Great 8 QB (Nov. 7)… First Team All-MAC… Academic All-MAC… MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week (Sept. 28)… Second Team Academic All-America®.
2021: Played in 10 games for the Bobcats… Completed 169 passes for 1,801 yards and 11 touchdowns… Rushed for 327 yards on 74 attempts with a season-high 75 yards against Bowling Green (Nov. 26)… Completed 31-of-38 passes against Kent State (Oct. 23) for a season-high 308 yards… Team captain… Recognized as MAC Student Athlete of the week on Oct. 27… Academic All-MAC.
2020: Started all three games ... Completed 30 of his 44 passing attempts (68.2%) for 386 yards and three touchdowns ... Also rushed for 17 yards on 14 attempts ... Made his first career collegiate start at Central Michigan (Nov. 4), completing a season-high 12 passes on a season-high 19 attempts for a season-high 231 yards and two touchdowns, which included scoring strikes of 21 yards and 58 yards ... Finished 8-of-14 passing for 92 yards in a 24-10 win over Akron (Nov. 10) ... Completed 10 of his 11 passing attempts (90.9%) for 63 yards, including a five-yard touchdown, and rushed for a season-high 43 yards on three attempts, before exiting with an injury in a 52-10 victory over Bowling Green (Nov. 28).
2019: Played in one game ... Redshirted.
Prior to Ohio: Finished his career at Holy Trinity High School with 4,250 passing yards, 63 passing touchdowns, 705 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns ... Completed 70 percent of his passes ... Two-time league MVP and two-time first team all-star selection ... Helped lead Holy Trinity to a Halton Championship in 2017 and a finalist finish in '18.
Personal: Born Oct. 25, 2000 ... Son of Larry and Robyn Rourke ... Has an older brother, Nathan, who is a senior quarterback at Ohio ... Undecided on a major ... Honor roll student at Holy Trinity.
Career Highs
Passing Attempts: 50 (vs Fordham; Sept. 24, 2022)
Passing Completions: 41 (vs Fordham; Sept. 24, 2022)
Passing Yards: 537 (vs Fordham; Sept. 24, 2022)
Passing Touchdowns: 5 (vs. Buffalo; Nov. 1, 2022)
Long Pass: 75 (vs. Akron; Oct. 8, 2022)
Carries: 14 (vs. Florida Atlantic; Sept. 3, 2022)
Rushing Yards: 64 (vs. Northern Illinois; Oct. 22, 2022)
Long Rush: 61 (vs. Northern Illinois; Oct. 22, 2022)
Rushing Touchdowns: 2 (vs Kent State; Oct. 23, 2021)
