Notre Dame punched its ticket to the College Football Playoff semifinals on Thursday, defeating Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Although he didn't light up the boxscore, senior quarterback Riley Leonard had a gutsy performance.

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,

Leonard has led Notre Dame to the College Football Playoff this season as a senior. Could he soon be drafted to the NFL?

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 .

College Football Network's Cam Mellor's Dec. 21 NFL mock draft predicts the Baltimore Ravens will select Leonard with the final pick in the sixth round (No. 215 overall). Lamar Jackson continues to be the face of the franchise, and the star's five-year, $260 million contract is slated to run through the 2027 season.

Riley Leonard's improvement in the passing game will be a key part of seventh-seeded Notre Dame's game plan against second-seeded Georgia in the College Football Playoffs.

The Fighting Irish pulled off a trick play in the fourth quarter of the Sugar Bowl that all but confirmed their famous victory, and Leonard wants the world to know that it was all Freeman's idea