Why coming to Notre Dame was ‘really easy decision’ for Riley Leonard

By Tyler James, InsideND Sports

Riley Leonard bounced up the stairs of the Irish Athletics Center to meet with local Notre Dame football reporters for the time Friday afternoon as if he was looking to prove exactly how wrong the initial reporting around his January ankle surgery and recovery timeline was.

Three days prior to a previously scheduled media availability for Leonard and other newcomers to the Notre Dame football program, the first report on Leonard’s injury status contained multiple significant errors that were quickly debunked by sources around the program.

Leonard, who transferred to play quarterback Notre Dame after three seasons at Duke, set the record straight himself Friday. Not only has he already returned to doing most of Notre Dame’s winter workout program, he’s expected to be 100% ready to go when Notre Dame starts spring football practice in March.

“I feel great,” Leonard said. “I'm bouncing around. Obviously no boot, nothing. You probably wouldn't even realize I got surgery.

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