Notre Dame Fighting Irish defensive coordinator Al Golden is on the heels of an NFL job after the Fighting Irish lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday.

Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden is rumored to be on the NFL’s radar. Here's the potential impact on the Irish.

"Notre Dame defensive coordinator Al Golden has emerged as a top candidate to be the Bengals new DC, per me and Mike Garafolo," Rapoport wrote. "Coach Zac Taylor has been waiting for the National Championship to end before moving forward. Now that it has, he can speak with Golden & work thru it."

If an NFL team does select Leonard in April, he’d likely be viewed as a developmental prospect or depth option rather than as an immediate starter. Other draft ‘big boards ’ do have Leonard as a lower ranked draft prospect and rate him as a projected sixth round pick.

It should come as no surprise that the Buckeyes landed plenty of players on the CBS Sports' All-College Football Playoff Team

On today's episode of The College Football Enquirer, Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI's Pat Forde discuss the biggest headlines heading into the National Championship between Notre Dame and Ohio State. They cover the North taking over Atlanta, Marcus Freeman receiving NFL interest and Ryan Day's comments at his latest press conference.

Ohio State held on to defeat Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Eric Edholm provides three takeaways from the game, with an eye on the 2025 NFL Draft.

LSU finished just outside of the Top 25 in the final college football coaches’ poll for the 2024 season. The Tigers were tops among the Also Receiving Votes category. A 9-4 record isn’t horrible, but it’s also not a record good enough to squawk about not being ranked,

Mel Kiper Jr., ESPN's longtime draft analyst, has the Vikings using the No. 24 pick to select Notre Dame cornerback Benjamin Morrison in his first mock draft of the year. "Minnesota has big-time cornerback questions.

Notre Dame just finished off one of the best seasons in program history, even if it ended in disappointment. The Fighting Irish lost 34-23 to Ohio State in the College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday,