Raiders' Hunter Renfrow shares big regret about 2022 season

Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Hunter Renfrow acknowledged Friday he feels he let teammates and the organization down last season. 

"That’s something that left a bad taste in my mouth and something that I want to get over and prove to them — through the spring and also going into the season — that I’m a guy that they can count on and just go and be consistent," Renfrow told reporters, as shared by Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk. 

Renfrow earned the only Pro Bowl nod of his career when he recorded career-bests of 103 catches for 1,038 yards and nine touchdowns during the 2021 regular season. However, injury setbacks limited him to just 10 games during the team's first campaign with Josh McDaniels serving as head coach, and the 27-year-old caught 36 passes for 330 yards and two scores over those contests. 

McDaniels benched quarterback Derek Carr in late December en route to the club releasing the four-time Pro Bowl selection in February. The Raiders later signed veteran Jimmy Garoppolo, injured foot and all, to replace Carr atop the depth chart, and Renfrow is looking to put his 2022 season well behind him with help from Jimmy G. 

"I’m hoping last year was a fluke," Renfrow continued. "I’d like to think I’ve been playing at a decent level at Clemson for four or five years, and then four or five years here. So, I didn’t want to get all scared all of a sudden and think I had to do all this and change who I am." 

While Renfrow is signed through the 2024 season, Tashan Reed of The Athletic mentioned as recently as June that the 2019 fifth-round draft pick could be made available if teams become interested in his services between now and the fall trade deadline. Renfrow's deal carries salary-cap hits of over $13M for each of the next two campaigns, but Reed noted none of the 2024 salary attached to the contract is guaranteed.