Tyler Hilinski, a quarterback for the Washington State Cougars who was poised to take the reigns of the program next season, died Tuesday of an apparent suicide. He was 21 years old.
A Pullman PD release said that after Hilinski didn’t show up for a team workout, police investigated and found him with a gunshot wound to the head and a suicide note nearby.
While the death of any young person is tragic, it feels even more so when suicide is involved and the young man seemed to have such a bright future.