With a new quarterback in four-star recruit Ryan Hilinski, South Carolina offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon had a sense of what he was getting. But in one area, the coach admitted you don’t know until you see it in practice.
How brave his is.
“When you’re standing in the pocket and kind of having to deal with all the stuff and you’re dealing with people around there, you just don’t know,” McClendon said.
Before this spring, the coaches had seen Hilinski work in camp and on film, but not in that kind of full-team situation in the flesh.