South Carolina Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp updated the status of freshman quarterback Ryan Hilinski, during his Sunday night teleconference.

"Really, the only injury we had from the game was Ryan," Muschamp said. "He's got a sprained knee. It's nothing serious. I'll know more Tuesday. He's a little sore, obviously, today. But, again, it's nothing serious. We expect him to play on Saturday (against Florida)."

Hilinski exited in the third quarter of the Georgia game after completing 15 of 20 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown.

"I thought he played extremely well," Muschamp said. "They did a nice job in adding what we call a green dog (blitz) on our running backs. They were adding on and got a couple of really nice hits on him. He hung in there and threw the football. Threw a really nice ball to Bryan (Edwards) on the out and up. He hit Bryan in-stride for the touchdown. He was very accurate. … Took the ball to the right spots, made the right decisions with the ball, so very pleased with his play."

Muschamp added, "I think he's got to be mobile, and that was really the issue in the game. We didn't feel like there was anything structurally wrong, but he had a hard time protecting himself and that's the bottom line.

"I'll know more at Tuesday morning's practice about where he is. Right now, we're early in the week, obviously, but we fully expect him to play on Saturday."

Muschamp didn't think the hit on Hilinski was dirty.

"Not at all," Muschamp said. "The Georgia player tripped over our offensive lineman. There absolutely was no malicious activity at all. There was absolutely none at all."

Dakereon Joyner remains as the team's backup quarterback, but would be the starter, if Hilinski is unable to for the noon game against Florida. Jay Urich would be elevated to that spot, if Hilinski is unable to play. Walk-on Corbett Glick is the next quarterback in line for the Gamecocks.

This season, Hilinski has passed for 1,028 yards with six touchdowns and three interceptions. He's completed 103 of 164 throws and has a rating of 123.87. His 62.8 percent completion percentage is eighth-best in the SEC.