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By ISABEL BALDWIN<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 07:58 EDT, 28 April 2025 | Updated: 08:17 EDT, 28 April 2025 <\/p>\n

Wide receiver Hunter Renfrow has made a stunning return to the NFL just weeks after rumors speculated that he had retired.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After taking a year off from the NFL, the 29-year-old has inked a deal with the Carolina Panthers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The South Carolina native has reached an agreement with his hometown Panthers on a one-year deal, according to\u00a0NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Refrow was out of the NFL last season after being released by the Raiders on March 13, 2024.<\/p>\n

He made the Pro Bowl with 103 receptions for 1,038 yards and nine touchdowns in 2021 but played a diminished role the next two seasons with a combined 61 catches for 585 yards and two scores in 27 games.<\/p>\n

Renfrow had 269 catches for 2,884 yards and 17 touchdowns in 73 games (23 starts) through his five seasons with the Raiders.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wide receiver Hunter Renfrow has made a stunning return to the NFL after signing a new deal<\/p>\n

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The former Las Vegas Raiders star has reportedly agreed to a one-year deal with the Panthers<\/p>\n

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Refrow was out of the NFL last season after being released by the Raiders last month<\/p>\n

Las Vegas drafted him in the fifth round in 2019 out of Clemson, where he helped the Tigers win national championships in the 2016 and 2018 seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Through his first three seasons, Renfrow impressed reaching the Pro Bowl back in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, under Josh McDaniels, he fell on the depth chart and ultimately, with limited snaps, was released at the end of the 2023 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Panthers’ depth at wide receiver includes veteran Adam Thielen, Jalen Coker, 2024 first-round pick Xavier Legette and the No. 8 overall pick in Thursday’s draft, Tetairoa McMillan.<\/p>\n

Following his release from the Raiders, it had been widely speculated that Renfrow had hung\u00a0 his cleats up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But the wideout shut down that rumor earlier this year when he insisted he was working on a way back to the NFL.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Just when I thought about making a comeback I get hit with this bombshell\u2026\u2026 guess I shouldn’t have started working out again 2 months ago lol,’ Renfrow wrote in response to a post that indicated that the ex-Raider had retired.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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