Good news for legendary Clemson receiver Hunter Renfrow.
After releasing Renfrow ahead of this past Tuesday’s NFL roster cutdown deadline, the Carolina Panthers are re-signing Renfrow to their active roster, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday.
This past Wednesday, Panthers head coach Dave Canales commented on Renfrow’s future, saying the team had been in “constant communication” with Renfrow since Tuesday and that they had “a couple of things on the table” for the 29-year-old wide receiver.
“He’s talking to his family, he’s talking to his agent. We have a couple of things on the table for him,” Canales said. “We’re just going to keep taking it kind of one day at a time and see where he’s at. I just felt like towards the end, like the last stretch of what I saw – I want to be able to count on Hunter to be as good as he was the whole time. And I just saw some peaks and then I just saw some dips also in terms of his performance, and I just felt like, in fairness to the whole group, in fairness to the team, I wanted to make sure that he knew I want to be a part of your future.”
Now, after suiting up for Clemson from 2014-18, Renfrow will get to play at Carolina.
Renfrow originally signed with the Panthers back in April, attempting an NFL comeback after missing the entire 2024 season while dealing with health challenges stemming from a diagnosis of the autoimmune condition ulcerative colitis.
Renfrow caught four passes for 12 yards this preseason. He missed the Panthers’ preseason opener due to a hamstring injury before playing in their other two preseason games. Early in Panthers camp before his injury, Renfrow looked really good, drawing plenty of praise and positive reviews.
Prior to sitting out the 2024 season, Renfrow played five seasons with the Raiders from 2019-23, tallying 269 receptions for 2,884 yards and 17 touchdowns over that span before being released by the Raiders in March 2024. He finished the 2023 season with just 25 catches for 255 yards, but dealt with an injury most of the season.
After being selected in the fifth round by the Raiders in the 2019 NFL Draft, Renfrow turned in his best season two years later, catching 103 balls for 1,038 yards and nine touchdowns in 2021. He was a Pro Bowl selection that season.
Renfrow spent five years at Clemson, originally joining the team as a walk-on in 2014. He won two national titles (2016 and 2018) during his tenure with the Tigers and also took home the Burlsworth Award in 2018, which is given out to college football’s most outstanding player to begin his career as a walk-on. He also posted College Football Playoff records with 37 receptions and four touchdowns in seven career CFP games.
Renfrow left Clemson credited with 186 receptions for 2,133 yards with 15 touchdowns.