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Riley Leonard (born September 13, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He previously played for the Duke Blue Devils.
High school career
Leonard attended Fairhope High School in Fairhope, Alabama. As a senior, he passed for 1,900 yards and 25 touchdowns and had 500 rushing yards. He committed to Duke University to play college football. Leonard received offers to play college football from programs like Nebraska, Syracuse, and Tulane. Leonard also played basketball in high school, receiving offers to play college basketball from programs like St. Mary’s, North Alabama, Samford and Missouri State.
College career
Leonard played in seven games and made one start as a true freshman at Duke in 2021. For the season, he completed 37 of 62 passes for 381 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Leonard was named the starting quarterback entering his sophomore season in 2022. On November 29, 2023, Leonard announced he would be entering the transfer portal. On December 12, 2023, Leonard announced he would be transferring to Notre Dame.
Statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |
| Duke Blue Devils | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 7 | 1 | 0–1 | 37 | 62 | 59.7 | 381 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 113.4 | 47 | 173 | 3.7 | 2 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 9–4 | 250 | 392 | 63.8 | 2,967 | 7.6 | 20 | 6 | 141.1 | 124 | 699 | 5.6 | 13 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 4–3 | 95 | 165 | 57.6 | 1,102 | 6.7 | 3 | 3 | 116.0 | 58 | 352 | 6.1 | 4 |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 27 | 21 | 13-8 | 382 | 618 | 61.8 | 4,450 | 7.2 | 24 | 10 | 134.1 | 229 | 1,224 | 5.3 | 19 |