New 49ers quarterback Kurtis Rourke played his final season of college football with a torn ACL.He strapped a bulky brace onto his right knee and still suited up for 12 games, and led Indiana to its winningest season in 126 years and a spot in the College Football Playoff.Rourke underwent reconstructive surgery in January."We're in a situation where we could take him and I think he would've gone a lot higher if he was healthy," 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said.The 49ers selected Rourke in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft at No. 227 overall."We took him with the understanding that he's not going to likely be cleared until training camp," 49ers general manager John Lynch said. "But we just felt like there was a lot of talent, a lot of ability. The guy plays the game the right way."You can't have enough good quarterbacks, and [we] wanted to add him to the mix and we were able to do it in the seventh round and excited to do so."Rourke joins a quarterback room that includes Brock Purdy and backup Mac Jones. Tanner Mordecai, who spent last season on the practice squad, is in line to be the No. 3 quarterback."I thought it was just a very good valuable pick for us, for a guy who...
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