Riley Leonard knows what pressure feels like.

He knows what it's like to have all eyes on you, to have to meet the expectation of being your absolute best every single day. There's no way he couldn't, really, after leading Notre Dame all the way to the College Football Playoff National Championship in January.

Leonard effectively burst onto the college football scene during his year at Notre Dame; he played (and played well) at Duke for the first three years of his college career, but Leonard's success as a member of the Fighting Irish catapulted him into the spotlight. His leadership, faith and work ethic became the topics of football talk shows and website articles around the country as he led the Irish to a 14-2 overall record and the College Football Playoff, always more excited to t

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