Now, he’s Senior Bowl-bound with the chance to be one of the most intriguing quarterback prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft. With one last college football game to play, he has completed 66.4% of his passing attempts for 2,606 yards with 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions.

Neither QB was ranked in the top 600 nationally. Leonard signed with Duke, Howard with Kansas State. Here's the backstory.

Ahead of the National Championship Game, NCAAF legend Nick Saban shared his opinion on quarterbacks Riley Leonard and Will Howard.

Riley Leonard and Will Howard, the soon-to-be starting quarterbacks at Notre Dame and Ohio State, attended the famed Manning Passing Academy at Nicholls State over the summer. They were roommates, getting ready for the pressure cooker of big-time college football at two of the biggest brands in the sport.

But Howard has the benefit of someone like true freshman sensation Jeremiah Smith, who had 12 catches for 145 yards and 2 touchdowns in those spots (he’s also No. 4 in FBS with 349 receiving yards on all 3rd-down situations). Compare that to Notre Dame’s leader in those situations, Mitchell Evans, who had 6 catches for 86 yards.

WKRG Sports team is in Atlanta to preview the College Football Playoff National Championship and highlight Fairhope-native, Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard! Simone Eli and Gerhard Mathangani spoke with several Fairhope community members,