2024 Graduate Student:
Appeared in four games, completing 9-of-15 passes (60.0%) for 121 yards and one interception ... Named Academic All-Big Ten ... Completed a season-high 5-of-8 passes for 58 yards against Iowa (10/26) ... Tallied 52 passing yards in an overtime win at Purdue (11/2)
2023 Senior:
Played in three games, completing 2-of-4 passes for 88 yards and one touchdown ... Named Academic All-Big Ten ... Connected with Joseph Himon II for an 85-yard touchdown, the third longest pass play in program history, in a win over UTEP (9/9) ... Appeared in the Las Vegas Bowl against Utah, completing one pass for three yards (12/23)
2022 Junior:
Appeared in eight games, starting six, and threw for 1,644 yards and six touchdowns, along with two touchdowns on the ground ... For the season, completed 144-of-258 (55.8%) for 1,644 yards with six touchdowns and seven interceptions ... Totaled -4 rushing yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns ... Named co-Big Ten Player of the Week after completing 27-of-38 passes (71.1%) for 314 yards and two touchdowns to help defeat Nebraska (8/27) ... Became the first Northwestern signal caller since to throw for 300+ yards and at least two touchdowns without an interception since Brett Basanez in 2005 against Michigan State ... Completed his first eight straight passes against Nebraska, the third-longest completion streak of his career (12 straight completions when playing for South Carolina against Charleston Southern in 2019) ... Against Nebraska finished the first half with 216 passing yards and two touchdown passes on 20-of-23 passing ... His 314 passing yards against Nebraska were the most by a Northwestern quarterback since Clayton Thorson (455 yards) against Nebraska in 2018 ... Set multiple career-high, completing 36-of-60 passes for a career-best 435 yards and two touchdowns with an interception against Duke (9/10) ... Became the first Northwestern quarterback to throw for 400+ yards since Clayton Thorson in 2018 ... Connected on first eight passes, tying for the third-longest completion streak of his career ... Passed for 300+ yards in back-to-back games, the first time a Northwestern quarterback accomplished the feat since Clayton Thorson in 2018 ... Completed 27-of-43 passes for 213 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions and scored a rushing touchdown against Southern Illinois (9/17) ... Registered his first rushing touchdown of the season and third of his career on a goal-line sneak ... Threw for 257 yards on 26-of-44 passing and scored a touchdown on the ground against Miami (OH) (9/24) ... Rushed for his second touchdown of the season on the ground on a 1-yard sneak ... Completed nine straight passes in the first quarter, the second-longest streak of his career ... Over the first four games of the season registered 1,219 passing yards, most passing yards over a four-game span of his career ... Completed 15-of-37 passes for 210 yards, with a touchdown and an interception against Penn State (10/1) ... Tossed a season-long 47-yard touchdown pass ... Recorded 147 yards through the air on 10-of-22 passing with two interceptions against Wisconsin (10/8) ... Averaged 14.7 yards per completion, the highest single-game mark of his career ... In final game of the season, completed 3-of-11 passes for 68 yards with an interception against Minnesota (11/12)
2021 Sophomore:
Led the team with 978 passing yards across nine appearances ... Started five games as a sophomore ... Wuerffel Trophy Watch List ... Made his Northwestern debut in the second half against Duke (9/18) ... Made his first Northwestern start in a win over Ohio, completing 12-of-20 passes (9/25) ... Completed 25-of-39 passes for 256 yards and his first NU touchdown against Nebraska (10/2) ... Threw for 267 yards, including 231 in the first half, and two touchdowns with a 142.5 passer rating in a win over Rutgers (10/16) ... Completed 8-of-11 pass attempts for 66 yards against Purdue (11/20)
2020 (South Carolina):
Saw action in two games ... Completed 4-of-6 passes in the contest vs. Texas A&M (Nov. 7) ... In 13 games at South Carolina, completed 240-of-412 passes (58%) for 2,391 yards and 11 touchdowns
2019 (South Carolina):
Thrust into the starter’s role in game 2 against Charleston Southern after starter Jake Bentley suffered a season-ending foot injury on the final play of the North Carolina contest ... Started each of the final 11 games of the season ... Completed 236-of-406 passes (58.1 pct.) for 2,357 yards and 11 touchdowns with five interceptions ... Averaged 214.3 passing yards per game, sixth in the SEC overall and tops among SEC freshmen, and 209.3 yards of total offense, eighth in the conference overall and third among the freshmen ... Tied the school’s freshman quarterback records for starts (11), while setting new marks for pass completions, attempts, passing yards and touchdowns ... Became just the sixth true freshman to start at quarterback for the Gamecocks since joining the SEC ... Hit his first 12 passes against Charleston Southern, finishing 24-of-30 for 282 yards and two touchdowns ... Won SEC Freshman of the Week with 324 yards (36-for-57) and two touchdowns against Alabama ... Became just the second freshman in program history to throw for more than 300 yards against an SEC opponent ... The 57 pass attempts were the second most in a game in school history and the 36 completions rank third in school history ... Recorded his second 300-yard passing game at Tennessee, completing 28-of-51 for 319 yards ... Completed 30-of-57 passes for a season-high 325 yards against Appalachian State, becoming just the second freshman and the first true freshman to throw for over 300 yards on three occasions ... Tied for seventh in school history with three 300-yard passing games in a career ... Between throwing pick-sixes at Missouri and again versus Appalachian State, tossed a school record 180 passes without an interception, breaking the previous record of 177 ... Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
High School:
12th-best player in California, No. 2 pro-style quarterback in the country and No. 64 overall (247Sports) ... 66th on ESPN300 and No. 45 overall by Rivals.com ... Concluded his high school career with 8,102 passing yards and 85 total touchdowns ... Graduated following the fall semester of 2018 ... Led the Lancers to the playoffs by throwing for 2,771 yards (64.2% completion) and 29 scores in 2018 ... Invited to the Pro Football Hall of Fame World Bowl All-Star game in Mexico City and the Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio following his senior season ... Received the 2018 Sam B. Nicola Award as the 2018 National High School Player of the Year ... One of four finalists for the All-American Bowl Offensive Player of the Year Award ... Elite 11 quarterback competition and Nike’s “The Opening” finalist ... Named to the All-Trinity League first team ... Pursuing a degree in communication studies ... Brother, Kelly, played quarterback at Columbia and Weber State ... Brother, the late Tyler Hilinski, was a quarterback at Washington State ... Active in the community and with Hilinski's Hope
