#13

Riley Leonard

Former quarterback at Notre Dame. 2024: 2,861 passing yards, 21 TD, 8 INT.

QB · Notre Dame · Sr. · #13

6′4″ · 216 lb · Fairhope, AL

CFB Index 73 · #23 of 137 QBsHigh confidenceIndianapolis — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 13, #189 overall

Recruiting

3★

QB recruit

No. 683 nationally · Signed with Duke

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former quarterback at Notre Dame. 2024: 2,861 passing yards, 21 TD, 8 INT.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2021.
Transferred from Duke to Notre Dame in 2024.
Drafted round 6 by the Indianapolis in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Notre Dame, 7,311 passing yards — drafted at #189 overall by Indianapolis.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20216 games

Signed with Duke3-star out of Fairhope

202416 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2025

Drafted by Indianapolisround 6, pick 189

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#683 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #189

Indianapolis · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

2022–2024

Marcus Freeman

Notre Dame

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

IndianapolisEntering 2nd NFL season

#189Rd 6 · Pick 13

IndianapolisEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Notre Dame14-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

73Quality starter #23 of 137?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (97th percentile). Strength: rush yards (97th percentile). Concern: explosive rate (20th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Sack rate#43 / 169 · 75th pct

4.1%

Success rate#47 / 169 · 72nd pct

43.9%

Interception rate#56 / 169 · 67th pct

1.6%

EPA / dropback#78 / 169 · 54th pct

0.24

Explosive rate#135 / 169 · 20th pct

7.5%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#5 / 165 · 97th pct

Rush yards#6 / 165 · 97th pct

906

Completion %#22 / 165 · 87th pct

66.7%

Pass TDs#36 / 165 · 78th pct

Pass yards#39 / 165 · 77th pct

2861

Fumbles lost#21 / 159 · 73rd pct

Interceptions#92 / 165 · 40th pct

Yards / att#97 / 165 · 39th pct

7.1

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / dropback

48th → 54th percentile

Success rate

72nd → 72nd percentile

Explosive rate

28th → 20th percentile

Sack rate

75th → 75th percentile

Interception rate

6th → 67th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Passing profile

Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)

Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from

249/375 (66.4%) · 21 TD · 8 INT

375 of 403 attempts matched to play-by-play

Adjusted ANY/A

6.8186 of 205 QBs

Sack rate

3.8%49 of 205 QBs

Rarely sacked (49 of 205 QBs) and still 86 of 205 in Adjusted ANY/A.

Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.

Short

0–9 yds

57%of completions

142 comp5.0 yds avg6 TD

Middle

10–19 yds

32%of completions

79 comp13.1 yds avg4 TD

Deep

20+ yds

11%of completions

28 comp29.5 yds avg7 TD

Overall 66.4% completion on 375 attempts · 28 deep completions averaging 29.5 yds.

Situational

Is he a different quarterback when it matters

Each situation vs his own 2024 baseline

+68

percentile points better on third down or later

BaselineThis situation

Down 1

-25 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 3/142 (2.1%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 2

-20 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 7/136 (5.1%) · league sack rate 4.9% · ~our read

Down 3+

+68 pct pts vs baseline · sacks 5/92 (5.4%) · league sack rate 8.1% · ~our read

Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 16 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Home9g	194	1.7	7.7	0.4
Road7g	160	0.9	6.9	0.6

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	TD/g	YPA	INT/g
Weeks 1-710g	175	1.1	6.9	0.5
Weeks 8+6g	186	1.7	8.1	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #23 of 137 QBs

Three-star recruit. Now #23 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Notre Dame	269	403	66.7%	2,861	7.1	21	8	139.6	61	--	--
2023	Duke	95	165	57.6%	1,102	6.7	3	3	116.0	48	--	--
2022	Duke	250	391	63.9%	2,967	7.6	20	6	141.5	58	--	--
2021	Duke	37	62	59.7%	381	6.1	1	1	113.4	--	--	--
Career		651	1,021	63.8%	7,311	7.2	45	18	134.9	57	--	--

Season	Team
2024	Notre Dame	184	906	4.9	17	--
2023	Duke	58	352	6.1	4	--
2022	Duke	124	698	5.6	13	--
2021	Duke	47	173	3.7	2	--
Career		413	2,129	5.2	36	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 20 · 2024

W 27–24

at Penn State

223 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 80.3 · 35 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With J. Rendell — 39 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 44 LONG · J. Greathouse — 7 rec · 105 yds · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +5.87Riley Leonard run for 50 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 3&24 · Q2 · EPA +4.19Riley Leonard pass complete to Jaden Greathouse for 11 yds to the NIU 48 for a 1ST down Northern Illinois Penalty, Personal Foul (Nate Valcarcel) to the NIU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ohio State · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +4.03Riley Leonard pass complete to Jaden Greathouse for 30 yds for a TD (Jordan Faison pass to Beaux Collins for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 7 · Stanford · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.97Riley Leonard pass complete to Beaux Collins for 53 yds to the STAN 13 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Louisville · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.79Riley Leonard pass complete to Jayden Harrison for 34 yds to the LOU 37 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Purdue · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.60Riley Leonard run for 34 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 5 · Louisville · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +3.60Riley Leonard pass complete to Jaden Greathouse for 34 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 1 · Ohio State · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.60Riley Leonard pass complete to Jaden Greathouse for 34 yds for a TD (Riley Leonard pass to Jeremiyah Love for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 2&1 · Q4 · EPA -3.58Riley Leonard pass intercepted Amariyun Knighten return for 33 yds to the 50 yard line
Week 8 · Georgia Tech · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA -3.52Riley Leonard pass intercepted Warren Burrell return for 27 yds to the GT 29

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 16 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 23-13@ Texas A&M	18/30	158	0	0	5.3	66.7	Season-high 255 yds
Wk 2	L 14-16vs Northern Illinois	20/32	163	0	2	5.1	25.8
Wk 3	W 66-7@ Purdue	11/16	112	0	0	7.0	93.8
Wk 4	W 28-3vs Miami (OH)	16/25	154	1	0	6.2	83.4
Wk 5	W 31-24vs Louisville	17/23	163	2	0	7.1	74.1
Wk 7	W 49-7vs Stanford	16/22	229	3	0	10.4	94.5	3 TD passes
Wk 8	W 31-13@ Georgia Tech	20/29	203	0	1	7.0	71.5
Wk 9	W 51-14@ Navy	13/21	178	2	0	8.5	90.0
Wk 11	W 52-3vs Florida State	14/27	215	1	0	8.0	87.5
Wk 12	W 35-14vs Virginia	22/33	214	3	1	6.5	50.0	3 TD passes
Wk 13	W 49-14vs Army	10/13	148	2	0	11.4	93.7
Wk 14	W 49-35@ USC	17/22	155	2	1	7.0	84.0
Bowl	W 27-17vs Indiana	23/32	201	1	1	6.3	67.1
Bowl	W 23-10@ Georgia	15/24	90	1	0	3.8	70.9
Bowl	W 27-24@ Penn State	15/23	223	1	2	9.7	80.3
Bowl	L 23-34vs Ohio State	22/31	255	2	0	8.2	88.1
Total		269/403	2861	21	8	7.3	76.3

How he plays

Play style

Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.

CFB Index positional classification

Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long

Where the completions actually land

fact

65.2%Completion %

14.6%Conversion/dropback

76.7%Land short of sticks

0INTs

65.2% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 14.6% conversion-per-dropback — 76.7% of completions land short of the sticks.

Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. ~ our read: checkdown by design

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

19/213rd/4th & short

14/35Inside-5 share

19 of 21 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (90.5%). 14 of the team's 35 inside-the-5 carries (40.0%).