Move over, Disney. Hunter Renfrow’s real-life romance with high school sweetheart Camilla Martin is the stuff of Southern gridiron legend—think Friday night lights meets The Notebook, with a side of shrimp and grits.
The Carolina Panthers just snagged the former Raiders slot receiver Sunday night, adding Renfrow’s clutch hands to their roster. At 29, the Clemson legend—who famously snagged the 2017 national title-winning TD against Alabama—brings veteran savvy to a young receiver room. But behind every spiral he’s caught, there’s Camilla, his middle school crush-turned-wife, who once “could not care less at all about sports.”
Their love story started like a broken play. During a 2014 SAT study session at Barnes & Noble, the Socastee High seniors talked for hours—about everything but vocabulary. “He was just very focused on school and on sports,” Camilla recalls. “I was a really serious ballet dancer and actually left my junior year to go to a dance school… I was always focused on dancing after school and had never been to a high school football game.” Fast-forward to April 13, 2019…
They married oceanside at South Carolina’s DeBordieu Club, blending white-knuckle touchdowns with white-dress magic. Renfrow’s rise from Clemson walk-on to Raiders Pro Bowler (103 catches in 2021!) tested their bond. “After that first National Championship game, it was kind of like a night and day difference,” Camilla said. So, dinner dates turned into fan meetups. But Hunter stayed “chill,” balancing fame with faith and family. Even proposing at Clemson’s rowing docks with roses and handwritten love notes.
Now, as Renfrow joins Panthers rookie Xavier Legette and undrafted gem Jalen Coker, Camilla remains his anchor. “Words cant express how thankful I am. Thankful to God, Camilla, friends and family, every coach and teammate I have had in the past, and of course Raider Nation,” Hunter tweeted after his 2022 extension. But Carolina’s calling. Can this underdog duo, rooted in Lowcountry grit and West Coast grind, revive Panther hopes?
This story is unfolding—stay locked in for the latest.
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