After failing to catch on with an NFL team, Nathan Rourke is making a well-timed return to the Canadian Football League's B.C.
Lions. The Lions announced the star Canadian quarterback's return Tuesday. Rourke, who was waived on Sunday by the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, was a CFL free agent.
Rourke, who starred with the Lions in 2022, will be looked on to help a team dealing with a three-game losing streak and an injury to quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.
The move bolsters the Lions offence with the 2024 Grey Cup set for B.C. Place in Vancouver on Nov. 17. "From talking to Nathan, I know how excited he is to be back with the Lions and to get going," Lions head coach Rick Campbell said in a news release. "For this to happen, it also had to include Vernon Adams Jr.