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Ryan Hilinski, Gamecock teammate share difficult moments with youth in Columbia

Ben Breiner

Across the span of less than an hour, people saw two very different sides of South Carolina freshman quarterback Ryan Hilinski.

At one point Wednesday night in Columbia’s Busby Street Community Center, Hilinski was sharing some details from the most difficult parts of his life with a decent-sized crowd, mostly young people. Soon after, when a question about football came up, he called an impromptu gathering of kids in the room to come up front, turn to a USC camera person and lead a cheer asking Will Muschamp and Harris Pastides for football tickets.