Nathan Rourke reminded football fans why he’s one of the CFL’s top talents on Saturday.

The 27-year-old Canadian quarterback threw for 324 yards with three touchdowns, and rushed for another 54 yards as his B.C. Lions opened the season with a 31-14 win over the Edmonton Elks.

“I think at the end of the day, what was the coolest for me was that, despite not playing our best in the first half at times, we rallied,” said Rourke, who went 27 for 36 on his passing attempts.

“We didn’t point fingers, we didn’t keep our heads down like it felt like we did a lot of time last year. We just rallied and we stuck together.”

The game got off to a promising start for the Lions with Rourke and his teammates steadily working the ball up the field on their first possession to give B.C. a first down at

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