Hunter

Renfrow

The 2019 fifth-rounder spent five seasons with the Raiders before spending last year in semi-retirement. He produced a career-best season in 2021, catching 103-of-124 targets for 1,038 yards and nine touchdowns. Renfrow has 1,881 slot snaps and 709 perimeter snaps to his name, though he curiously performs more efficiently, on a per-route basis, when lined up as a perimeter receiver. If he has anything left in the tank, the 29-year-old Renfrow may be able to compete for the team’s No. 4 wide receiver role. He is unlikely to perform as a reliable flex option, though.

Renfrow did not play last season after getting released by the Raiders at the end of the 2023 season. Reported as being more “retired” than “unsigned,” it would appear the former fifth-round pick could be eyeing a return. Still only 29 years old, Renfrow had emerged as a reliable slot receiver early in his career and posted a line of 103-1,038-9 in his third season — earning a Pro Bowl nod. He would go on to catch just 61 passes for 585 yards and two touchdowns over his last two years in the league and was limited to just 10 games in 2022 due to injuries. His reduced role ultimately led to his release, but with a new regime now in place and the Raiders needing receiver help, a reunion could bode well for both sides. Rapoport reports that Renfrow also met with the Panthers on Wednesday, adding “he plans to play in 2025.”

Renfrow, who was released in March, has not been linked to a team or visited one since. This helps explain that. He’ll turn 29 in December. Renfrow had a 1,000-yard season in 2021 and barring a reversal will finish his career with 2,884 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns. Mike Mayock certainly made worse draft picks.

Renfrow would have been a $13.7 million salary cap hit in 2024. With 270 catches over five seasons with the Raiders, Renfrow has proven to be a viable starting slot wideout. He was overshadowed by the dominant Davante Adams over the past two seasons but had a 103-catch season — including nine touchdowns — as recently as 2021. Renfrow, 28, could still be a productive slot guy in an offense without an alpha WR1.

Renfrow’s last catch came in Week 14. He never topped 50 yards in a game this year and finished the season playing behind rookie Tre Tucker. He will be cut to save the Raiders $8.2 million in cap space this offseason. The move will force Vegas to take on a $5.5 million dead cap hit, but it’s an obvious pill to swallow. Renfrow will look to catch on as a depth option somewhere else in the league after being cut.

It marks a season-high in receiving yardage for Renfrow. He now has a dozen receptions over the past three games as the post-Josh McDaniels Raiders get the slot receiver more involved in the offense. Renfrow ran a route on 22 of the team’s 37 drop backs this week. He’ll be a deep league PPR option in Week 15 against the Chargers.

Renfrow is technically the third receiver in Las Vegas, but there simply isn’t enough of a workload to make him fantasy relevant. He’s simply a name to keep an eye on should there be an injury to either of the players ahead of him.

Renfrow saw career-highs in receptions (five) and yards (42) in Week 11. Working out of the slot, Renfrow showed the yards-after-catch ability that had made him valuable in years past. The Raiders will need another game or two of utilizing him until he can be put in fantasy lineups, but Renfrow is a guy to keep an eye on for waivers moving forward.

Renfrow has been almost completely phased out of the offense in Las Vegas, a position only exacerbated by the recent emphasis on the run game under interim head coach Antonio Pierce. What little fantasy hope remained for the veteran slot man has quickly evaporated.

With Josh McDaniels out of the picture, Renfrow was all of a sudden involved in the offense. It wasn’t anything to write home about, but he made his few plays. Davante Adams and Jakobi Meyers however, remain the only Raiders wideouts you can start in fantasy.