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Hunter Renfrow, Raiders agree to new contract

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Hunter Renfrow, Raiders agree to new contract


The Raiders and Pro Bowl wide receiver Hunter Renfrow have agreed on a new contract extension, the team announced Friday.

Renfrow, who is heading into the fourth year of his career, can earn up to $32 million on the two-year extension with $21 million fully guaranteed.

In three seasons with the Raiders, Renfrow has 208 catches for 2,299 yards and 15 touchdowns. Last season he had 103 catches for 1,038 yards and nine touchdowns.

“We are thrilled to have reached an agreement with Hunter Renfrow and look forward to seeing him in Silver and Black for years to come,” said Raiders Head Coach Josh McDaniels. “Hunter is one of the true leaders on this team and he exemplifies the values of the organization in how he comes to work every day. He is a tremendous teammate on and off the field and the entire Raider Nation is excited to see what the future holds for Hunter.”

As Renfrow enters his fourth season, he does so learning a new offense under Josh McDaniels. The learning curve involved in the process was stepped up over the last month as the Raiders worked through their offensive program, specifically this week during a three-day minicamp that wrapped up Thursday.

For Renfrow, who was drafted in the fifth round in the 2019 draft, it was a chance to take the first steps in a new system.

“This is part of the offseason where you start visualizing the season and, you know, you’re not out there just running plays to run them,” Renfrow said this week.

Part of that is also fitting in with new wide receiver addition Davante Adams, who is generally regarded as one of the best players at his position. As the two new teammates get a head start on maximizing their co-existence, Renfrow has been impressed by Adams the teammate just as much as Adams the superstar.

“Just, just to see him every day, the way he works, whether he feels good or not, is kind of uncommon,” Renfrow said. “From a superstar, to be honest with you. Someone that, you know, it doesn’t matter how he feels or if you’re having a good day or a bad day, he goes out there and he puts the same work in and he’s just very, very consistent.”

Adams is as impressed with Renfrow.

“He’s an interesting dude because I’ve been around a lot of people that are like Hunter, but they’re never usually going into, it’s his fourth year coming up,” Adams said. “There’s never been a fourth year with the type of football acumen that he has and his awareness and understanding why he does certain things.”

“So, his awareness and his football smarts, he’s definitely ahead of his time. It’s actually fun.”

Renfrow has backed that up on a number of levels.

“Sometimes I’ll be sitting there just talking to him like in the middle of an offensive meeting and we’ll be talking about releases, and he’ll tell me what he thought. And I’m like, this is fun,” Adams said. “This is fun being able to be with somebody who’s a lot like me mentally, the way that I approach the game, the way I attack it.”

Contact Vincent Bonsignore at [email protected]. Follow @VinnyBonsignore on Twitter.





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