Notre Dame's Future Quarterback Praises Current Irish Quarterback

Deuce Knight isn't even a Notre Dame student athlete but has developed quite the relationship with Riley Leonard

2025 quarterback recruit Deuce Knight visited during Notre Dame football fall camp Thursday, July 27, 2023, at the Irish Athletics Center in South Bend. / Greg Swiercz / USA TODAY NETWORK

Notre Dame football is seeing an uptick in quarterback talent that the program hasn't had since the Charlie Weis era.

Duke transfer Riley Leonard is set call the signals for the Notre Dame offense this year while talented underclassmen Steve Angeli, Kenny Minchey, and CJ Carr are waiting in the wings.

Then after that, high school senior-to-be Deuce Knight is one of the nation's top-ranked quarterbacks in the 2025 recruiting class and seems like he can't wait to get to Notre Dame.

Despite the fact that Leonard will spend only this year at Notre Dame, that hasn't stopped him from developing a relationship with future Fighting Irish signal caller Knight.

Knight spoke about that and his appreciation for Leonard with Matt DeGregorio of WLOX and couldn't say enough good things about the treatment he's gotten from the veteran. Check out the video below.

“This past summer, I’ve been with Riley a lot up at Notre Dame. Even down here, Riley invited me to come train with him, so that was special. He’s a great guy.”

Fighting Irish QB commit Deuce Knight shares his appreciation for Riley Leonard: pic.twitter.com/SIecpQLdE9

— Matt DeGregorio (@Matt_DeGregorio) July 23, 2024

Nick's Quick Take: I'll never not be excited for a Notre Dame football season but part of me can't wait to see what this outfit looks like in two years. Receiving recruiting still needs work and bodies but Knight's talents coupled with a lot of young players today who will have experience then?

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