BLOOMINGTON, Ind.–The Jim Cornish Trophy, honoring the top Canadian performer in NCAA football, announced Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke as the 2024 recipient of the award on Monday.
Rourke is the first Hoosier and second Big Ten player to earn the award (Chase Brown, Illinois; 2022) and the second member of his family to win the award. He joins his brother, Nathan, who won the award while at Ohio in the awards first two years (2017 & 2018).
Rourke set the Indiana single-season record for passing touchdowns (29) and produced just the fifth 3,000-yard passing season in program history with 3,042 yards. He finished among the top-10 in single-season total offense (3,007) and is just the seventh IU player – eight occurrence – to reach 3,000 yard of total offense in a single season.
He finished his career with a 31-15 overall record as a collegiate starting quarterback between four seasons at Ohio and one season at Indiana. Rourke finished his career with 10,693 yards passing and 79 touchdown passes to go along with 13 rushing scores.