With just under six minutes to play in Thursday’s Sugar Bowl, Notre Dame had a 23-10 lead over Georgia and faced a third-and-seven play.

The Fighting Irish offense struggled all night, but the night’s biggest playmaker was about to make his biggest play in the blue and gold, unintentionally impersonating a football legend in the process.

Riley Leonard’s third down run pushes Notre Dame forward

Leonard took the snap and ran left, putting his body fully on the line to grab the first down, which allowed Notre Dame to have more time to melt.

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Riley Leonard’s piece is reminiscent of John Elway’s Heroics

For those of us of a certain age, the Green Bay Packers had a brief period of time where they were the NFL standard of our youth. The winners of Super Bowl XXXI returned with the league’s best offense and defense when Super Bowl XXXII arrived.

There the Packers met the Denver Broncos, who upset the heavily favored Packers and won John Elway his first Super Bowl at the end of his career. Although Terrell Davis took home the Super Bowl MVP award that night, Elway made the famous helicopter ride that gave Denver a lead late in the third quarter.

Nearly three decades later, Riley Leonard left a great impression on a piece that was created more than four years before he was born.

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