Riley Leonard

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Riley Leonard gets ready to throw during Military Bowl

Riley Leonard competes during Duke's Blue & White Game

Riley Leonard was named the Military Bowl MVP

Riley Leonard rushes downfield during Duke's game with Wake Forest

Quarterback Riley Leonard looks downfield during Duke's home game against Virginia

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Riley Leonard looks downfield during Duke's game with Wake Forest

Riley Leonard rushes against Boston College

Riley Leonard rushes downfield against Virginia

Riley Leonard rushes downfield against Kansas

Riley Leonard and Jordan Moore celebrate a Duke touchdown

Riley Leonard throws a touchdown pass to Jordan Moore against Temple

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-4
Weight:
212
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Fairhope, Ala.
High School:
Fairhope

DUKE CAREER: Lettered three seasons (2021-22-23) … 2023 team captain … recipient of the program’s Carmen Falcone Team Most Valuable Player and Offensive MVP Awards (2022) … two-time Academic All-ACC selection (2022 and 2023) … CSC Academic All-District honoree (2022) ... MVP of the 2022 Military Bowl vs. UCF … in 27 career games (21 starts), completed 382-of-619 (.617) passes for 4,450 yards with 24 TDs and 10 INTs and punted one time for 28 yards (28.00) ... posted a career pass efficiency rating of 131.66 ... rushed 229 times for 1,224 yards (5.34) and 19 TDs … compiled 5,674 yards of total offense ... posted career per game averages of 45.33 rushing yards, 164.81 passing yards and 210.15 total offensive yards ... carded career TD responsibility of 43 (19 rush & 24 pass) ... scored 114 points on 19 rushing TDs ... fumbled 13 times with just four lost … accounted for 74 plays of 20+ yards (9 rushing and 65 passing) with 19 TDs (5 rushing and 14 passing) … recorded 300+ yards of total offense in six games including a career-high 406 (15 rush & 391 pass) against Wake Forest in 2022 ... accounted for multiple TDs in 12 games including a career-high four on four occasions against North Carolina A&T (2022; 2 pass & 2 rush), Miami (2022; 1 pass & 3 rush), Pittsburgh (2022; 3 pass & 1 rush) and Wake Forest (2022; 4 pass) ... threw multiple TD passes in six games including a career-high four versus Wake Forest in 2022 ... rushed for multiple TDs in five games including a career-high three against Miami in 2022 ... completed 20+ passes in seven games including a career-high 29 versus Wake Forest in 2022 ... threw for 300+ yards in three games including a career-high 391 yards against Wake Forest in 2022 ... hit on nine pass completions of 40+ yards, including a career-long 81-yard strike to Eli Pancol versus Northwestern in 2022 ... the 81-yard pass was the fourth longest play in program history ... logged nine rushing attempts of 20+ yards including a career-long 74-yard TD jaunt against North Carolina in 2022 ... rushed for 60+ yards in 11contests including a career-high 130 versus North Carolina in 2022 ... played 1,414 career snaps ... finished career sharing Duke single-game record with Quentin Harris for most TD passes of 20+yards (4 vs. Wake Forest, 2022) … additionally, on Duke’s single-game chart, ranked tied for fourth in most TD passes (4 vs. Wake Forest, 2022) and most rushing TDs by a QB (3 vs. Miami, 2022), tied for seventh in most rushing yards by a QB (130 vs. North Carolina, 2022), tied for ninth in most rushing TDs (3 vs. Miami, 2022), 10th in average yards per completion (18.46 vs. Northwestern, 2022), tied for 10th in highest pass completion percentage (.800 vs. Temple, 2022), and tied for 20th in most passing yards (391 vs. Wake Forest, 2022) … recorded single-season records for most games with 1+ TD passes (12 in 2022), TD-to-INT ratio (3.33:1 in 2022), pass completion-to-INT ratio (65.33:1 in 2022), TD responsibility (33 in 2022) and was tied for the program record in most TD passes of 20+ yards (11 in 2022), most games with 100+ passing yards (13 in 2022) and most wins by a starting QB (9 in 2022) ... on Duke’s all-time charts, ranked tied for third for most consecutive completions in a game (15 vs. Temple, 2022), tied for third for most TD passes in two consecutive games (7 vs. Pittsburgh and Wake Forest, 2022), tied for fifth for most TD passes in three consecutive games (9 vs. Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, and Wake Forest, 2022), tied for seventh for most 100+ yard rushing games by a QB (1), third for most rushing TDs by a QB (19), ninth for most TD passes of 20+ yards (14), tied for ninth with most seconds with 1,000+ passing yards (2) and 11th for passing yards ... additionally, finished tied for a Duke bowl game record in rushing TDs (2; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), while ranking second for pass attempts without a INT (28; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), tied for second for points scored (12; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), fourth for pass completion percentage in a half (.750 [12-of-16]; 1st; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF) and game (.679 [19-of-28]; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), tied for fifth for pass completions in a quarter (10; 2nd; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), tied for fifth for pass attempts in a quarter (13; 2nd; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), sixth for pass completions (19; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), sixth for pass completion percentage in a quarter (.769 [10-of-13]; 2nd; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), seventh for pass efficiency rating (119.76; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), eighth for passing yards (173; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), eighth for average yards per pass attempt (6.18; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), ninth for pass attempts (28; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF), and ninth for average yards per completion (9.10; 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF) ... also tied for the 12th longest pass in school bowl history with 32-yard scoring toss to Jaquez Moore during the 2023 Military Bowl vs. UCF ... completed career holding Blue Devil all-time records for highest passing efficiency (131.66), TD-to-INT ratio (2.40:1) and pass attempt-to-INT ratio (61.80:1) … additionally, on Duke’s all-time charts, finished career ranking second in highest pass completion percentage (.617) and average yards per attempt (7.18), fourth in rushing yards by a QB, most 50+ yards rushing TDs (3), seventh in average yards per completion (11.64), tied for seventh in most wins by a starting QB (13), 10th in pass completions, tied for 10th in TD passes (24) and rushing TDs.

2023: Team captain ... Academic All-ACC honoree ... started and played in seven games, missing the North Carolina, NC State, Pittsburgh, Troy Virginia and Wake Forest contests … completed 95-of-165 (.576) passes for 1,102 yards with three TDs and three INTs while rushing for 352 yards on 58 carries (6.07) and four TDs … added one punt for 28 yards against Notre Dame … posted pass efficiency rating of 116.00 ... compiled 1,454 total offensive yards ... scored 24 points ... carded point responsibility total of 42 ... completed 20+ passes in one game against Connecticut ... posted completion percentage of .600 or better in three contests including a season-best 1.000 mark (12-of-12) against Lafayette ... threw for 200+ yards twice against Connecticut (248 yards) and Northwestern (219 yards) ... had 15 completions of 20+ yards including a season-long 47-yard pass to WR Jordan Moore against Louisville ... connected with Moore for a season-long 22-yard TD reception against Connecticut … went a perfect 12-of-12 passing for 136 yards with one TD against Lafayette ... logged four rushing attempts of 20+ yards including a season-long 44-yard TD effort against Clemson ... compiled 10+ rushing attempts three times against Louisville (10), Northwestern (13) and Notre Dame (18) … rushed for 60+ yards in three weeks versus Clemson (98), Northwestern (97) and Notre Dame (88) … rushed for a season-high two TDs against Northwestern ... logged a season-high 316 yards of total offense against Northwestern ... accounted for 2+ TDs in games against Northwestern (2 rushing) and Connecticut (1 rushing and 1 passing) … had 19 plays that covered 20+ yards (4 rushing and 15 passing), including two for a TD (1 rushing and 1 passing) … on the field for 377 snaps … attended the Manning Passing Academy as a counselor in June 2023.

2022: Honorable Mention All-ACC selection ... Academic All-ACC and CSC Academic All-District honoree ... recipient of the program’s Carmen Falcone Team Most Valuable Player and Offensive MVP Awards ... Military Bowl MVP ... started all 13 games ... completed 250-of-392 (.638) passes for 2,967 yards with 20 TDs and six INTs while leading the team in rushing with 699 yards on 124 carries (5.64) and 13 TDs ... posted pass efficiency rating of 141.11 ... compiled 3,666 total offensive yards ... scored 78 points ... carded point responsibility total of 198 ... one of three FBS QBs to amass 2,900+ passing yards and 695+ rushing yards, joining LSU’s Jayden Daniels and North Carolina’s Drake Maye ... joined Oregon’s Bo Nix as the only two FBS QBs nationally to register 20+ passing and 13+ rushing TDs, a first in Blue Devil history ... completed 20+ passes in six games including a season-high 29 completions against Wake Forest ... posted completion percentage of .600 or better in nine contests including a season-best .917 mark (11-of-12) against North Carolina A&T ... threw for 200+ yards in seven weeks ... compiled three 300+ yard passing games, including a season-best 391 yards and four TDs against Wake Forest ... passing yardage versus Wake Forest matched the 20th-best single-game total in Duke history ... threw for 2+ TDs in five contests against Temple, North Carolina A&T, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh, and Wake Forest ... had eight completions of 40+ yards including a season-long 81-yard pass to WR Eli Pancol against Northwestern that marked the seventh longest pass in program history ... teamed up with WR Jordan Moore for a 49-yard TD reception versus Pittsburgh for Duke’s longest passing score of the season ... opened the year with 15 consecutive completions against Temple to place tied for third in school history for a single game with Ben Bennett and Thaddeus Lewis ... logged four rushing attempts of 20+ yards including a season-long and team-long 74-yard TD effort against North Carolina ... the 74-yard TD jaunt marked the 19th longest in program history and the longest by a Duke QB ... had 10+ rushing attempts in six weeks including a season-high 14 carries against North Carolina and Miami ... rushed for 60+ yards in seven weeks versus Temple (64), North Carolina A&T (66), Virginia (60), North Carolina (130), Miami (61), Boston College (96), and UCF (63) ... rushed for a season-high three TDs against Miami ... logged a season-high 406 yards of total offense against Wake Forest ... accounted for 3+ TDs in games against North Carolina A&T (2 pass & 2 rush), Virginia (1 pass & 2 rush), Miami (1 pass & 3 rush), Virginia Tech (2 pass & 1 rush), Pittsburgh (3 pass & 1 rush), and Wake Forest (4 pass) ... in the ACC, ranked third in total offensive yards per game (282.00), third in pass attempts, third in pass completions, third in total points responsible for, tied for third in scoring, fourth in pass completion percentage, fourth in passing yards per game (228.23), fifth in TD passes, and fifth in passing efficiency ... nationally, ranked 21st in total points responsible for, 22nd in rushing TDs, 27th in total points responsible for per game, 28th in total offensive yards per game, 30th in total TDs, 40th in passing yards, 44th in completion percentage, 46th in passing TDs, 47th in pass completions per game, and 47th in passing efficiency ... set school single-season records for TDs responsible for (33), most games with 1+ TD pass (12), TD-to-INT ratio (3.33:1), and pass completion-to-INT ratio (41.67:1) ... on Duke’s single-season charts, yearly totals ranked tied for first in most wins by a starting QB (9), tied for first in most TD passes of 20+ yards (11), tied for first in most games with 100+ passing yards (13), second in most total offensive yards, highest passing efficiency rating (141.11), and rushing TDs by a QB, tied for second in most consecutive games with 1+ TD passes (12) and most 50+ yard rushing TDs (3), third in average yards per attempt (7.57), tied for third in most rushing TDs, fourth in rushing yards by QB and total offensive yards per game (282.00), tied for fourth in most TD passes, sixth in highest pass completion percentage (.638), seventh in passing yards, and tied for eighth in most games with 300+ passing yards, most games with 2+ TDs passes (5), highest winning percentage for a starting QB (.692) and most 20+ yard rushing TDs (3), 10th in total offensive players (516), and 28th in rushing yards … additionally, ranked tied for fourth in most TD passes for a single-game (4, Wake Forest) and tied for 10th in highest pass completion percentage for a game (.800, Temple) ... on Duke’s bowl game charts, Military Bowl totals rank tied for first for rushing TDs (2), second for pass attempts without a INT (28), tied for second for points scored (12), fourth for pass completion percentage in a half (.750 [12-of-16]; 1st) and game (.679 [19-of-28]), tied for fifth for pass completions in a quarter (10; 2nd), tied for fifth for pass attempts in a quarter (13; 2nd), sixth for pass completions (19), sixth for pass completion percentage in a quarter (.769 [10-of-13]; 2nd), seventh for pass efficiency rating (119.76), eighth for passing yards (173), eighth for average yards per pass attempt (6.18), ninth for pass attempts (28), and ninth for average yards per completion (9.10) ... also tied for the 12th longest pass in school bowl history with 32-yard scoring toss to Jaquez Moore ... joined Thomas Sirk (2015) as the only two Duke QBs in program lore to rush for 600+ and throw for 2,500+ yards in a single-season ... joined Jordan Waters (566), Ja. Moore (508), and Jaylen Coleman (480) to form the first quartet in Duke history to post 400+ rushing yards in a single-season ... coupled with Waters (8), Ja. Moore (5), and Coleman (4) to form the first foursome in Blue Devil history to compile 4+ rushing TDs in a single-season ... on the field for 873 snaps.

2021: Saw action in seven games, with one start against Virginia Tech ... finished 37-of-62 (.597) passing with one TD and one INT ... added 47 rushes for 173 yards (3.68) and two TDs ... completed 13-of-13 (1.000) pass attempts for a career-high 99 yards versus Louisville in 2021 ... hit on 10 passes in the third quarter to tie for fifth on the freshmen charts for most pass completions in a quarter ... tallied a season-long 39-yard pass completion to WR Jalon Calhoun against Wake Forest ... connected with RB Mataeo Durant for a five-yard TD reception against Pittsburgh ... accumulated a year-best 70 rushing yards against Louisville, including a season-long 35-yard scamper for a TD ... added a rushing TD against Wake Forest ... on the field for 164 snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Lettered four years at Fairhope under coach Tim Carter ... three-star prospect by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and 247Sports.com ... charted as the No. 14 and No. 20 dual threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com and 247Sports.com, respectively ... also rated as the No. 18 and No. 27 overall prospect in the state of Alabama by those organizations … as a senior, threw for 1,900 yards and 25 TDs while rushing for an additional 500 yards … garnered all-state honors following final season ... also tabbed the Class 7A Player of the Year and the AL.com Coastal Player of the Year after leading the Pirates to a 27-2 record … helped Fairhope to an overall record of 31-12 … also lettered in basketball and track ... named two-time basketball AL.com Edward Jones Coastal Male Athlete of the Year (2020 and 2021) ... participated in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic and was also one of five players named to the Alabama Sports Writers Association Super All-State Basketball Team.

PERSONAL: Born September 13, 2002 ... majoring in public policy while pursuing a certificate in markets and management ... son of Chad and Heather Leonard … father played basketball at The Citadel (1992-95), matched the school’s single-game record for steals (7 vs. Clemson on Dec. 18, 1994), set the school standard for steals in a season (68 in 1995) and finished career with 137 steals marking the second-highest total in program history … uncle, Michael Sabol, played basketball at Georgetown University (1990-91).