Former quarterback at Northwestern. 2024: 121 passing yards, 1 INT.
6′4″ · 225 lb · Orange, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
PRO recruit
No. 64 nationally · Signed with South Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former quarterback at Northwestern. 2024: 121 passing yards, 1 INT.
Ryan Hilinski
Operates within the system without forcing anything. Ryan Hilinski has played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. The receipt: 58 pass yds against Iowa — Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Northwestern, 5,197 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road3g | 40.3 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+3g | 40.3 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northwestern | 9 | 15 | 60.0% | 121 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 114.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 88 | 22.0 | 1 | 0 | 317.3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 142 | 256 | 55.5% | 1,619 | 6.3 | 6 | 7 | 110.9 | 35 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 95 | 176 | 54.0% | 978 | 5.6 | 3 | 4 | 101.7 | 36 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 4 | 6 | 66.7% | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 114.3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 236 | 406 | 58.1% | 2,357 | 5.8 | 11 | 5 | 113.4 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 488 | 863 | 56.5% | 5,197 | 6.0 | 21 | 17 | 111.2 | 36 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northwestern | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 20 | -4 | -0.2 | 2 | -- |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 23 | -67 | -2.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 33 | -55 | -1.7 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 81 | -128 | -1.6 | 4 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 9 | L 14-40@ Iowa | 5/8 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 6.7 | Season-high 58 yds |
| Wk 10 | W 26-20@ Purdue | 2/4 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 50.8 | |
| Wk 13 | L 6-50@ Michigan | 2/3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 13.9 | |
| Total | 9/15 | 121 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 23.8 |
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Gavin Hardison’s 2020 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Gavin Hardison's senior season at UTEP (2022).
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Player DNA