That exceptional play earned him two national weekly awards, one from the Reese’s Senior Bowl, as he was named its Offensive Player of the Week. You can most likely expect to see him competing in Mobile, Alabama when Notre Dame’s season concludes.

A glimpse around Fairhope High School indicates the legacy Leonard left behind in the community. When students walk inside the school counselor’s office, their eyes widen and mouths gape in awe at the sight of a helmet and football card signed by the former Fairhope quarterback.

When Riley Leonard transferred from Duke to Notre Dame, things did not go as planned. In a bit of ultimate Notre Dame irony, Leonard ended up missing almost all of Spring ball due to medical work being done to care for an injury the Irish created in 2023.