Player Career

Ryan Hilinski Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Ryan Hilinski story

Ryan Hilinski built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a quarterback from Orange, CA wearing No. 3, spending time with Northwestern and South Carolina. The clearest part of Ryan Hilinski's career was his passing role: 5,197 passing yards, 21 touchdown passes, and 863 attempts across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with South Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern and South Carolina.

The arc is straightforward: Ryan Hilinski moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    South Carolina

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northwestern

    2021-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina2,30256.410.8
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina34283.8-2,268
2021 Regular SeasonNorthwestern91148.59.3877
2022 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1,615499.7704
2023 PostseasonNorthwestern9063.62.6-1,525
2023 Regular SeasonNorthwestern9063.62.60
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern11751.74.227

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Purdue

Week 10 · W 26-20 · Conference game

Win with 52 yards of offense and 50 efficiency.

52

Total Offense

73.1 takeover

52 total offense with 50 efficiency.

#2

vs Alabama

Week 3 · L 23-47 · Conference game

319

Total Offense

63 takeover

Loss with 319 yards of offense and 50.9 efficiency.

319 total offense with 50.9 efficiency.

#3

vs App State

Week 11 · L 15-20

312

Total Offense

62.7 takeover

Loss with 312 yards of offense and 49.2 efficiency.

312 total offense with 49.2 efficiency.

#4

vs UTEP

Week 2 · W 38-7

87

Total Offense

61.9 takeover

Win with 87 yards of offense and 80 efficiency.

87 total offense with 80 efficiency.

#5

vs Rutgers

Week 7 · W 21-7 · Conference game

282

Total Offense

60.7 takeover

Win with 282 yards of offense and 68 efficiency.

282 total offense with 68 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · South Carolina

2,302 primary output · 56.4 efficiency · 10.8 usage

61.9

#2

2022 Regular Season · Northwestern

51.8

1,615 primary · 49 efficiency · 9.7 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Northwestern

40.2

911 primary · 48.5 efficiency · 9.3 usage

Milestones

8

250+ passing yards

5

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

7

Above avg efficiency