Ryan Hilinski entered an exclusive club on Sunday.
Soon enough, the South Carolina football commit will be playing his senior season at Orange Lutheran, getting ready to move across the country from Southern California and join the Gamecocks. But Sunday, he added something big to his resume.
The title of an Elite 11 passer.
Hilinski (6-foot-4, 220 pounds) made the top group at the Elite 11 after three days of competition in Redondo Beach, California. He battled with fellow top recruits such as Spencer Rattler (Oklahoma commit), Bo Nix (Auburn), Graham Mertz (Wisconsin) and former Gamecocks target Sam Howell (Florida State).