The Hilinski boys were always together, always in lock step. Wherever Kelly, 24, went, Tyler, 18 months his junior, would follow. And whenever his older brothers competed in something, Ryan tried to outdo them both. So when Kelly quit baseball before his freshman year of high school to play quarterback full time, his brothers inevitably followed suit. Ryan vowed to climb higher and did so by trying to grow into an amalgamation of his brothers’ best qualities.

Source: New York Times December 13, 2018 13:12 UTC