He remained in the game for a handful of snaps to close out the first half, but didn't initially come out of the locker room with his teammates after halftime. Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti offered a brief update on Rourke's status after the game.

However, the one area of concern centered around quarterback Kurtis Rourke. The Indiana quarterback, one of the most efficient in all of college football, hit his thumb on an opponent’s helmet as he followed through on a second quarter pass completion and detached the fingernail.

Indiana quarterback Kurtis Rourke missed the second half of the 16th-ranked Hoosiers game against Nebraska on with an injury to his right hand.

What we learned from win over Nebraska. Tayven Jackson is Kurtis Rourke's backup on the Indiana football depth chart. Rourke

The Indiana Hoosiers keep on winning, and quarterback Kurtis Rourke keeps on boosting his 2025 NFL Draft stock with each win. Indiana ripped apart visiting Nebraska on Saturday, thanks in part to a near-perfect first half of football from Rourke.

Justice Ellison ran for 105 yards and two first-half touchdowns and No. 16 Indiana continued its best start in 57 years with a 56-7 rout of Nebraska on Saturday, matching the Hoosiers' most lopsided Big Ten win in program history.

Life as a backup quarterback isn't easy, but Indiana football didn't miss a beat when Tayven Jackson stepped into the game against Nebraska.

Gus Johnson believes Indiana sixth-year quarterback Kurtis Rourke is more than just a nice transfer story. “Let’s just say it right now: Kurtis Rourke, you got to put him up there,” the longtime FOX Sports play-by-play announcer said with still-undefeated and No.

Kurtis Rourke linked up with Elijah Sarratt for a 15-yard TD, that extended the Indiana Hoosiers' lead over the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Canadian quarterback Kurtis Rourke didn’t come out for the second half in Indiana’s game against Nebraska after being sidelined with an apparent hand injury, the Bloomington Herald Times reported Satu