Duke quarterback Riley Leonard suffered an obvious decrease frame harm in the ultimate moments of the No. 17 Blue Devils’ 21-14 loss to No. 11 Notre Dame. The third-year signal-caller gave the impression to land awkwardly on his proper ankle after shedding a fumble on what served as Duke’s final offensive play of the evening. He was once helped off the sphere by way of running shoes. The complete extent of Leonard’s harm isn’t but transparent.
Duke held a past due 14-13 edge Saturday in opposition to the Fighting Irish, however Notre Dame took a past due lead after Irish operating again Audric Estime ran for the go-ahead landing with simply 31 seconds ultimate. The Irish due to this fact transformed at the two-point conversion to make it 21-14.
Notre Dame quarterback Sam Hartman, who handed for 222 yards and rushed for 23 extra in the win, waited for Leonard out of doors the harm tent because the Duke quarterback underwent analysis. The two then exchanged phrases.
Leonard ended the evening 12 of 27 passing for 134 yards with a landing and interception in the loss, dashing for an extra 88 yards on 18 carries. The centerpiece of Duke’s offense, Riley had handed for 778 yards and two touchdowns on most sensible of 238 yards and 4 touchdowns dashing around the crew’s first 4 video games prior to Saturday. His efforts have been essential in the Blue Devils reaching a 4-0 get started that integrated a win over then-No. 9 Clemson in Week 1.Â
Leonard and Duke are on a bye in Week 6 prior to the Blue Devils go back to motion Oct. 14 at house in opposition to North Carolina State. It stays to be see if Leonard shall be in a position to play in that contest.Â