Former Notre Dame football quarterback Riley Leonard got his first taste of the NFL on Thursday, and played well.

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Anthony Richardson's dislocated pinky in the first quarter against Baltimore had a ripple effect, allowing former Notre Dame star Riley Leonard to play the entire second half on Thursday for the Colts ...

Last year's Notre Dame Fighting Irish starting quarterback is, according to reports, having a good showing in a different ...

In addition to Notre Dame freshman quarterback CJ Carr and 2025 nonbinding pledge Deuce Knight, who drove over from Lucedale, Miss., Leonard got to hang with a half-dozen members of his new Irish ...

Notre Dame went back to the ACC for Duke transfer Riley Leonard, who after a slow start — for the senior and the Irish — has become the face of this year’s march to the national semifinals.

Leonard was a threat on the ground, but Notre Dame held him to just six carries and just a few designed runs. “What I challenged them to be, I wanted it to be unrecognizable,” Freeman said.

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard celebrates after a touchdown against Ohio State during the first half of the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in ...

And he’s 8-5 as a starter in those games. None of this is necessarily a bad thing. Leonard also arrives at Notre Dame with perhaps more raw ability than the quarterbacks who preceded him.

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard, #13, throws oranges to his teammates after winning the Orange Bowl College Football Playoff semifinal game against Penn State on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 in ...

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard aims a pass during first half of the Orange Bowl against Penn State on Jan. 9, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) ...