Ohio State University quarterback Will Howard is a winner on and off the field, having taken his team all the way to this year’s College Football Playoff National Championship and having been in a longterm loving relationship with his girlfriend Lauren Leiker. Their love story, however, predates this quarterback’s underdog run to the finals.
Howard actually began his collegiate football career in 2020, first playing for Kansas State University before transferring to Ohio State University in 2024. Now playing for the Buckeyes, Howard and his team will square off against the University of Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish, who are ranked just above the Buckeyes’ No. 8, in the CFP National Championship on Jan. 20. Thanks to Howard, Ohio State prevailed yet again during the playoffs in their most recent Jan. 10 win against the University of Texas Longhorns.
