As Clemson attempts to figure out how to be more efficient offensively in its first off week of the 2019 season, the answer as to what is missing in the Clemson offense this year is a simple one … Hunter Renfrow.
The Tigers’ short-to-intermediate passing game has been virtually non-existent through the first five weeks of the season. In 2018, Clemson averaged 7.4 yards per attempt on passes thrown from 1-10 yards. So far this year, on those same pass attempts, it is averaging just 2.7 yards.
From 2015 to 2018, Renfrow was Deshaun Watson’s, Kelly Bryant’s and Trevor Lawrence’s security blank on high percentage throws.