The Saskatchewan Roughriders used the 25th overall pick in the Canadian Football League draft to select Rourke. It's an immediate risk for the Roughriders, who might never get Rourke if he sticks around the NFL. On the flip side, seventh-round QBs don't always make it. They'd want to have the CFL as an option.

There has been some uncertainty as to whether three of the team's biggest names will attend the voluntary offseason program.