Hunter Renfrow was among the Panthers’ roster cuts on Tuesday. The veteran wideout is thus a free agent, and it remains to be seen where he will land in the coming days. 
Renfrow spent the 2025 offseason attempting an NFL comeback. A case of ulcerative colitis kept him out of the NFL last season, but the South Carolina product landed an opportunity with the Panthers this spring. The team is open to a reunion via the practice squad, but it is unclear if Renfrow will be amenable to it.
“We’ve been in constant communication with Hunter,” head coach Dave Canales said (via ESPN’s David Newton). “We have a couple of things on the table for him, and we’re just going to keep talking. I just want to be able to count on Hunter the whole time. I saw some peaks, and I also saw some dips with his performance.”
Indeed, Renfrow’s showings in training camp and the preseason were insufficient to land him on Carolina’s 53-man roster. Several younger wideouts – a group headlined by 2024 and ’25 first-round picks Xavier Legette and Tetairoa McMillan – are now in position to handle the bulk of work in the passing game. That is especially true since Adam Thielen was traded to the Vikings yesterday.
Renfrow could absorb some of Thielen’s vacated targets from the slot, but the door is also open to a fresh start elsewhere. The Clemson product is drawing interest from other teams, Newton reports. Renfrow is currently weighing a number of options, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network adds. An agreement of some kind will presumably be in place before Week 1.
Renfrow earned a Pro Bowl nod in 2021, but after that his Raiders tenure fell well short of expectations. The 29-year-old will not be seen as a full-time starting option for Carolina or any other suitor, but he could offer veteran depth to a receiving corps. His free agency will be worth watching closely as roster moves and practice squad deals continue in the build-up to the start of the campaign.
He could be Hendon Hooker’s partner on the scout team?
Amazingly Renfrow is only two years older than Hooker.
I hope the author meant the State of South Carolina product because Renfrow went to Clemson. Them’s fighting words.
First thing I noticed. That’s quite literally the worst thing that you could say to either fanbase. Tiger fans would be incensed to misidentify him and Gamecocks fans would never claim him.
And Renfrow is still respected by both personally. That’s just how deep that is. Could you imagine calling Cam Newton an Alabama product? Or Bo Jackson? Carolina/Clemson is even older.
“Inducting today into the Ring of Honor…California running back Reggie Bush.”
Renfrow was born in Myrtle Beach so the author got it right. Players transfer from college to college so you can’t use that.
Ehhhh that’s not how it’s going to read to either of those fanbases, my friend. I promise it won’t read that way to Renfrow, either.