CLEMSON — Hunter Renfrow had only two catches in third-ranked Clemson’s opening season 56-3 victory over Kent State last weekend.
However, it was the first of the receptions that drew the largest cheer of the day from the crowd celebrating the Tigers’ 2016 national championship. Yet for the hero of last year’s national championship game, whose touchdown reception with a second remaining capped the Tigers’ come-from-behind victory over Alabama, the standing ovation was a complete surprise.
“It’s funny,” Renfrow said. “I was thinking Deon (Cain) had like a 70-yard touchdown and they clapped, and then I got like a 3-yard catch and getting a standing O.