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Riley Leonard Threw Up on the Sideline Immediately After His Heroic Opening Drive TD

Stephen Douglas

Riley Leonard was happy but uncomfortable after scoring on Notre Dame’s opening drive.
Riley Leonard was happy but uncomfortable after scoring on Notre Dame’s opening drive. / Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
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No one will ever accuse Riley Leonard of not leaving it all on the field in the College Football Playoff national championship game. Leonard carried the ball an absurd nine times on Notre Dame's first drive of the game and scored the first touchdown of the night. Everyone was very impressed.

Then before people were done marveling at his workhorse performance on the drive we learned that after he scored the touchdown, flashed a Bible passage at ESPN's camera and immediately headed to the sideline where he threw up.

Leonard was then shown sitting on the bench trying to catch his breath with Kirk Herbstreit doing some lip-reading to reveal that Riley had fallen on the ball at some point during the drive.

The good news for Leonard is that the first drive was legendary. The bad news is that Ohio State scored on their first possession which means he might have to do it again.

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Stephen Douglas is a senior writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has worked in media since 2008 and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Douglas spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and previously wrote for Uproxx and The Sporting News. He has three children, two degrees and one now unverified Twitter account.

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