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Crootin’ Notebook: Ryan Hilinski’s one last push to get Chris Steele to South Carolina

St. John Bosco (Ca.) 4-star cornerback Chris Steele is a player South Carolina really, really wants.

But despite the Top 10 corner holding five teams in his top 5 - Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina and Southern Cal - the Gamecocks have a bargaining chip on their side in the form of quarterback commit Ryan Hilinski. And while Hilinski, a star at Orange Lutheran, and Steele’s teams are state powers and have locked horns over the past several years, they’ve built a friendship off the field.

“It’s just what Chris really wants out of his college experience,” Hilinski said.