Since catching the winning touchdown pass in the national championship game nearly three months ago, life has changed a lot for Clemson wide receiver Hunter Renfrow. Instead of trying to making a group of economic majors believe he is indeed the guy who catches all of those passes on fall Saturdays, women are now coming up to him at baseball games and asking him to hold their babies for a picture.

“This lady comes up to me at the baseball game and hands me this baby, and of course my girlfriend is sitting right there and she’s trying to coach me through it,” Renfrow said. “She is telling me how to keep the head upright and stuff like that, so it’s been pretty crazy and pretty cool.”

But mostly it is fun said the Tigers’ new star, who seems to get more and more popular with each passing week since Deshaun Watson found him wide open in the end zone with one second left to beat Alabama in the national championship game.

“I think a lot of it is just funny,” he said. “Everyone wants to get a picture and capture this moment because it’s such a special moment. Hopefully this time next year they’ll be doing the same thing and we’ll be going on to the finals and winning it again.”

As big of a play as the winning catch was, perhaps the biggest play of the game no one really talks about and it was Renfrow who made the play, too. With the Tigers tailing 14-7 early in the third quarter running back Wayne Gallman fumbled the ball deep in Clemson territory and Alabama’s Ryan Anderson picked up the football and started running towards the goal line.

However, Renfrow came out of nowhere and dragged the ‘Bama linebacker down. The Clemson defense then forced a three-and-out and held the Crimson Tide to a field goal. Obviously, those four points turned out to be huge in the Tigers’ 35-31 victory.

“I was lucky he looked right,” Renfrow said. “When he picked the ball up he looked right then looked left. If he would have looked left first, he might have stiff armed me so we got lucky from that standpoint. But I just try to be the best player I can be.”

So far this spring, Renfrow is doing just that as he is trying to become not just a better player, but a leader too. He is helping guys like Cornell Powell, Diondre Overton and T.J. Chase as much as he can so they can be ready to help the team when they are called upon.

“They’ll look at me to be able to really know what’s going on and I’ve been in those situations,” the rising junior said. “We’ve been in a lot of situations in the last two years and from that area I’m trying to lead a little bit.”

With the Orange and White Spring Game coming up this Saturday, Renfrow says he is just ready to get back in the Valley and play in front of the fans.

“I’m looking forward to the turnout of the crowd,” Renfrow said. “I think we’re doing it a little differently with Tiger Walk this year. Something we’ve never done before. I’m also looking forward to just being out there, seeing the young guys make plays and step into a roll on this team.”

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