MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Dan wasan Orange Bowl na kusa da karshe na gasar College Football Playoff a ranar Alhamis, Riley Leonard, dan wasan quarterback na Notre Dame, ya dawo daga rauni ya jagoranci Fighting Irish zuwa nasara mai ban sha’awa 27-24 a kan Penn State.
Leonard ya fice daga wasan kafin rabin lokaci bayan ya sami rauni a kai, amma ya dawo a rabin na biyu ya taimaka wa tawagarsa ta samu nasara. Ya kammala wasan da jimlar yadi 223 a cikin wucewa, inda ya zura kwallo daya kuma ya sami yadi 35 a gudu, inda ya zura kwallo daya.
“Na san zan dawo,” in ji Leonard bayan wasan. “Amma tabbas, lafiya ta fi kowa muhimmanci a filin wasa. Na tabbatar wa kowa cewa ba ni da lafiya sosai. Na tashi dan girgiza, amma komai ya yi kyau.”
A farkon rabin na biyu, Leonard ya jagoranci tawagarsa zuwa yadi 75 a cikin wasanni takwas, inda ya kammala shi da zura kwallo a yadi 3. Daga baya, ya zura wata kwallo mai nisa na yadi 54 wanda ya daidaita maki a 24 da mintuna 4:38 ya rage.
Kafin haka, Leonard ya sami katsalandan a hannun dan wasan Penn State, wanda ya ba Nittany Lions damar cin gaba da maki 24-17. Amma dawowar Leonard ta ba Notre Dame damar samun nasara.
Dan wasan mai maye gurbin, Steve Angeli, ya shiga wasan a lokacin da Leonard ya fice don gwajin lafiya. Angeli ya kammala wucewa 6 daga 7 don yadi 44, inda ya taimaka wa tawagarsa ta zura kwallon filin yadi 41 a karshen rabin lokaci.
Bayan nasarar, kocin Notre Dame, Marcus Freeman, ya bayyana cewa Leonard ya samu rauni a kai amma yana lafiya. Ya kuma ba da rahoton cewa wasu ‘yan wasa suna fama da raunuka amma za su iya shiga wasan karshe na gasar.
Notre Dame za ta fafata da Ohio State a wasan karshe na College Football Playoff a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 2025.
