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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.

Both quarterbacks knew their final season of college football could still be a special one even after their teams endured difficult setbacks.