Re: Don't recall Scott playing the 5 spot or Renfrow the 2***

Don't recall that either.

Don't see Cain beating out Renfrow in the slot either. Actually I disagree with the notion that Cain is "more talented" than Renfrow...Cain might be faster in a straight line, but otherwise Renfrow is superior in almost every aspect, from hands, to concentration, to body control, and particularly, to route-running. I've never seen a guy at Clemson run routes as well as Renfrow with the possible exception of Curtis Baham or even Tony Elliott himself back in the day...and apologies to those guys, neither was remotely the athlete Renfrow is. Renfrow ate former 5-star Minkah Fitzpatrick alive in the national title game, caught 7 balls for 88 yards and 2 TD's and multiple PI calls - including a couple more that should have been called - and it wasn't a fluke or "overachieving", he was just plain a better player and Fitzpatrick couldn't handle him.

Renfrow is For Real. Cain isn't going to beat him out. McCloud isn't going to beat him out. None of the newcomers are going to beat him out. Nobody, IMHO, is going to beat out Renfrow in the slot. People need to get over the fact that he looks like the waterboy's little brother. Renfrow is NFL all the way, looks remarkably like one of those receivers Tom Brady has made his living throwing to, is as good a slot-receiver as I've seen at Clemson, ever. Guy was just an amazing walk-on find and we likely won't see one like him for awhile.

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Re: ok, we all love Renfrow, and he is a legit player

Feb 25, 2016, 5:30 PM

> ...but this...
> "I've never seen a guy at Clemson run routes as well
> as Renfrow with the possible exception of Curtis
> Baham or even Tony Elliott himself back in the
> day...and apologies to those guys, neither was
> remotely the athlete Renfrow is."
> ...is a stretch at best...
>
> Adam Humphries, Derrick Hamilton, Tony Horne, Brian
> Wofford, Perry Tuttle, Jerry Butler, Doug Thomas,
> Tyler Grisham all say "Hello!"

Tuttle, Horne, Wofford, and Butler were a different era. I'll grant you Horne; he'd kind of slipped my mind...but I do think Renfrow is very much that kind of wideout and will have a very similar NFL career.

D-Ham was elastic as sin and could break your ankles with his change of direction, but he wasn't a polished route-runner, which is a big part of why he failed in the NFL.

Grisham and Humphries were good solid route-runners and cup-of-coffee guys at the NFL level, good enough to knock around training camps and push for spots, not really good enough to crack into a 53. But Renfrow is a lot better than either of those guys...faster, more athletic, a lot more body control, a lot slicker with his head-fakes and footwork and much more sudden into his breaks.

Watch the cut-ups. The more you watch the more you like Renfrow; the guy is just...remarkable, for a converted walk-on QB. He's right there with either Scott or Williams as an impact guy...very different than either, but just as effective. He's good for 50+ catches and at least a half-dozen TD's next year, and probably more than that, and that's even with Clemson's depth at WR.

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Don't recall Scott playing the 5 spot or Renfrow the 2***

Yeah and Sammy played mostly at the 2. Martavis was the 9

Peake was at the 9 full time. Scott at 2 Cain/Renfrow at 5