Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Northwestern
Ryan Hilinski
QB • 6'4" • 225 lbs • Orange, CA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator
Ryan Hilinski is a balanced quarterback profile with 4.2 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
31
Developing production for a quarterback
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Reliability
37
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
48
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- South Carolina • Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player 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...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Ryan Hilinski, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · South Carolina. Ryan Hilinski is a balanced quarterback profile with 4.2 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 5,069
- Passing yards
- 5,197
- Touchdowns
- 25
Quick Answers
Ryan Hilinski quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 5,069
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · South Carolina
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Orange Lutheran · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Orange Lutheran · 48 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Senior
- 2024 Total offense rank
- 117 total offense · QB 274th (top 71%) · Big Ten 91st (top 45%) · National 703rd (top 44%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 11 | 2,302 | 2,357 | -55 | 12 | 61.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 2 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 911 | 978 | -67 | 4 | 40.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 1,615 | 1,619 | -4 | 8 | 51.8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Northwestern | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 87 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 31.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northwestern | 3 | 117 | 121 | -4 | 0 | 34.5 |
Related Context
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Ryan Hilinski played QB for South Carolina and Northwestern. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ryan Hilinski recorded 5,197 passing yards, -128 rushing yards, and -14 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
South Carolina paired 2,302 primary output with 56.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 49 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Carolina, Northwestern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Loss with 430 yards of offense and 53.4 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
8
Primary Metric / G
201.9
Efficiency
49
Usage
9.7
Consistency
66.6
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 317. Duke: 430. Southern Illinois: 217. Miami (OH): 233. Penn State: 200. Wisconsin: 150. Ohio State: 0. Minnesota: 68
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 40 by 63.7. Duke: 64 by 53.4. Southern Illinois: 49 by 48. Miami (OH): 43 by 53.3. Penn State: 43 by 44.3. Wisconsin: 23 by 48.7. Ohio State: 3 by 33.3. Minnesota: 11 by 47.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins317 · Games = 1 · +131.6 vs Losses
Losses185.4 · Games = 7 · -131.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
63.7 vs Nebraska
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/12 | @ Minnesota | L 3-31 | 3 | 11 | 68 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | 47.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Ohio State | L 7-21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Wisconsin | L 7-42 | 10 | 22 | 147 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | 48.7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Penn State | L 7-17 | 15 | 37 | 210 | 40.5 | 1 | 1 | 44.3 | 6 | -10 | -1.70 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Miami (OH) | L 14-17 | 24 | 42 | 232 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Southern Illinois | L 24-31 | 27 | 43 | 213 | 62.8 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 0.70 | 1 | 22 |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Duke300-yard game | L 23-31 | 36 | 60 | 435 | 60.0 | 2 | 1 | 53.4 | 4 | -5 | -1.30 | 0 | 2 |
| Sat 8/27 | vs Nebraska300-yard game | W 31-28 | 27 | 38 | 314 | 71.1 | 2 | 0 | 63.7 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 2 |
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
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- 1
South Carolina
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2021-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 2,302 | 56.4 | 10.8 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 34 | 28 | 3.8 | -2,268 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 911 | 48.5 | 9.3 | 877 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1,615 | 49 | 9.7 | 704 |
| 2023 Postseason | Northwestern | 90 | 63.6 | 2.6 | -1,525 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northwestern | 90 | 63.6 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northwestern | 117 | 51.7 | 4.2 | 27 |
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
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