Ohio State's Will Howard and Notre Dame's Riley Leonard will meet in the national title game, months after they were roommates at a prestigious camp.

Both quarterbacks knew their final season of college football could still be a special one even after their teams endured difficult setbacks.

Neither QB was ranked in the top 600 nationally. Leonard signed with Duke, Howard with Kansas State. Here's the backstory.

There are several parallels in the Notre Dame and Ohio State matchup in the National Championship. Both teams have a third year defensive coordinator, both teams have proven first year offensive coordinators,

According to On3 Sports, Notre Dame Fighting Irish was one of the programs that contacted Howard, but they seemed to have their eyes set on Riley Leonard, another elite transfer quarterback. When asked about if Notre Dame was interested in his services, Howard said,