The College Football Playoff national championship game kicks off Monday night with No. 8 seed Ohio State facing No. 7 Notre Dame. The matchup has plenty of storylines, including both Ohio State's Will Howard and Notre Dame's Riley Leonard transferring to the program last offseason.

Before he was known nationally as a star college quarterback, Riley Leonard was dunking on people left and right in high school.

He’s been somebody who’s led by example,” the Irish QB said of his grandfather. “A lot of the lessons I’ve learned have come from him."

Nevertheless, Leonard didn’t have to think very long about where he wanted to go. He’d grown up a fan of Notre Dame — his great-grandfather, James Curran, played for the Fighting Irish in the 1940s — and committed in mid-December.

The Riley Leonard redemption tour has continued in the most impressive of ways that has now culminated in a national title game appearance. The Notre Dame quarterback who was once viewed as a dark horse has now completely rewritten his narrative after a rough start

Boasting 16 rushing touchdowns on the season, Riley Leonard is no stranger to getting the job done in the red zone. We're backing Notre Dame's dual-threat pivot to make his mark on Monday night's National Championship.

The stage is set for an incredible cat-and-mouse game between Riley Leonard and Caleb Downs, two outstanding players whose roles and responsibilities make it a virtual certainty that they’ll collide with the sport’s biggest prize at stake.

Notre Dame's Riley Leonard was reportedly "vomiting" on the sideline at the CFP championship game after leading the Irish to an opening drive TD.

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