Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke is readied to miss out on a minimum of one video game after he endured a thumb injury in the group’s blowout sway Nebraska.
The No 16 Hoosiers defeated the Cornhuskers 56-7. According to multiple reports, Rourke’s injury will certainly sideline him for the Hoosiers’ week 9 competition versus Washington yet need to return at some time this period.
Rourke has actually been among the very best quarterbacks in university football this period as Indiana is off to a 7-0 beginning. Rourke was 17-of-21 masquerading 189 lawns and a TD and an interception prior to leaving the Nebraska video game. He was changed in the 2nd fifty percent by Tayven Jackson.
Rourke has actually come to be a sleeper Heisman prospect as Indiana is linked for the lead in theBig Ten He’s 135-of-181 masquerading 1,941 lawns and 15 TDs to simply 3 interceptions thus far in 2024.
His arrival has actually been a huge increase for an Indiana group that was mostly reprise from 2023 after the arrival of previous James Madison trainerCurt Cignetti Rourke, a transfer from Ohio, was the MAC offending gamer of the year in 2022 prior to experiencing a season-ending ACL injury late in the period. That year he was 244-of-353 masquerading 3,256 lawns and 25 TDs while additionally hurrying for 249 lawns and 4 ratings.
Indiana plays Washington and Michigan State over the following 2 weeks prior to holding Michigan onNov 9 andNo 4 Ohio State onNov 23.