Ryan J. Hilinski (born October 24, 2000) is an American football quarterback for the Northwestern Wildcats.

[1][2] Hilinski committed to South Carolina after receiving offers from 30 teams, including Stanford, USC, LSU, and Ohio State.

[2][3] Sources: Hilinski was named backup quarterback prior to the start of the 2019 season.

[7] Hilinski started 11 games his freshman year, completing 58.1 percent of his passes.

[11] His second older brother, Tyler, who was also a quarterback at Washington State, died by suicide following his junior season.