South Carolina spring game: Hilinski debut, Urich’s big day, good news for a kicker

For a brief moment in the offseason, South Carolina football fans got to watch the Gamecocks suit up and take the field at Williams-Brice.

The Garnet team outlasted the Black team 28-16, with quarterbacks bouncing back and forth between them. Garnet got scores from Kevin Harris, Jay Urich, Slade Carroll and Trey Adkins, while Black had a Mon Denson run, the off-the-bench play to Deebo Samuel and a Parker White field goal.

Q1

B - White 32-yard FG, 4:18

Q2

G - Harris 3-yard touchdown run, 7:54

Q3

B - Deebo Samuel 25-yards pass from Jake Bentley, 7:45 (off the bench play)

G - Jay Urich 62-yard pass from Dakereon Joyner, 7:15

B - Mon Denson 4-yard run, 4:09

Q4

G - Slade Carroll 25-yard run, 4:50

G - Trey Adkins 1-yard pass from Urich, 0:05

▪ Ryan Hilinski made his debut on the third drive of the game. He connected on 10 of his first 13 passes but was mostly working the short game. He finished 24-for-36 for 206 yards.

Passing leaders (C-A-I Yds/TDs): Ryan Hilinski 24-36-0 206/0; Dakereon Joyner 10-20-1 185/1; Jake Bentley 9-14-0 96/0; Jay Urich 6-8-0 84/1; Josh Vann 1-1-0 22/0

Rushing leaders (No.-Yds-TD): Dakereon Joyner 8-60; Kevin Harris 11-46-1; Deshaun Fenwick 8-39; Slade Carroll 4-33-1

Receiving leaders (No.-Yds-TD): Jay Urich 9-120-1; Bailey Hart 4-67; Josh Vann 4-45; Shi Smith 4-41; A.J. Turner 4-38; Kiel Pollard 3-56; Chad Terrell 3-15

Leading tacklers: Ernest Jones (6), Jamyest Williams (6), Derek Boykins (5), JT Ibe (5)

This story was originally published April 6, 2019 at 11:00 AM.