Will Howard recently revealed that his College Football Playoff National Championship season with the Ohio State Buckeyes almost didn't happen. Howard was close to committing to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, but Marcus Freeman and Co. ultimately opted to go all in on Riley Leonard.
"I thought I was gonna end up at Notre Dame. A lot of people don't know this. Like, this was very under wraps. But they ended up signing Riley right before I was about to commit. Like, I was about to commit that day, and I call my agent and he's like, 'Sorry buddy, they just told me they took Riley,'" Leonard said on the "Not Just Football" podcast with Cam Heyward.