Notre Dame football relied on defense and the legs of Riley Leonard to keep their season alive on Jan. 2. The Fighting Irish are now positioned to clinch their first national championship game appearance since the 2012 season.

Courtesy of Molly Walding/Instagram Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard and his girlfriend, Molly Walding, have a love story almost a decade in the making. Leonard, 22, and Walding have been in each other’s lives since they both attended Fairhope Middle School in Fairhope,

With just under six minutes left to play in Thursday's Sugar Bowl, Notre Dame held a 23-10 lead against Georgia and faced a third-and-seven. The Fighting Irish

Riley Leonard and the No. 7-seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish are headed to the semifinal of the College Football Playoff after dominating the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs .

Ahead of Notre Dame's Sugar Bowl matchup against Georgia in the College Football Playoff, we give our Riley Leonard bold predictions.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman was trying to talk about a key play late in the 23-10 victory over Georgia in the College Football Playoff when Fighting Irish quarterback Riley Leonard politely interrupted.

W hen a team's star quarterback is forcing his coach to take credit for a great play call, things are probably going pretty well — and they are for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Even though Notre Dame was technically the favorite heading into Thursday evening's Sugar Bowl College Football Playoff quarterfinal matchup against Georgia, no one expected the result to unfold the way it did.

Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard would like the world to recognize his coach's efforts in the Sugar Bowl. Following No. 7 Notre Dame's dominant 23–10 victory over the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs on Thursday night,