To find out the relationship history between Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard and his girlfriend, Molly Walding, you have to go all the way back to the mid-2010s to start. That's when they were in middle school together back in Alabama,

Courtesy of Molly Walding/Instagram Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard and his girlfriend, Molly Walding, have a love story almost a decade in the making. Leonard, 22, and Walding have been in each other’s lives since they both attended Fairhope Middle School in Fairhope,

In 2023, Leonard saw his season cut short after suffering a left toe injury late in an Oct. 28, 2023, game against the Louisville Cardinals, his final game with Duke. Earlier in the year, the quarterback suffered a different ankle injury against the Fighting Irish, forcing him to miss one additional game.