Late last week, South Carolina quarterback commit Ryan Hilinski received an offer from Stanford, and this set off a familiar cycle of angst for many Gamecocks fans.
The four-star passer, a top-50 player nationally by the 247Sports composite rankings, committed to the Gamecocks in April and since has seen his recruiting stock take off. That’s meant more big name offers, each one sending a segment of fans into a panic that he’ll leave the class.
It happened with Ohio State, Southern Cal, LSU and now the Cardinal. After the LSU offer came, he explained the reason he took the time to shout out the schools that offered, despite being a firm Gamecocks pledge.