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UW receiver Isaiah Renfro opens up about depression, announces he’s leaving team

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The young wide receiver says he missed spring ball while checked into a hospital to treat depression and anxiety.

Washington receiver Isaiah Renfro, revealing he has been “in a dark place” while coping with depression and anxiety, announced he is leaving the Huskies football program.

In a lengthy Twitter post Sunday afternoon, Renfro wrote that he missed spring football in April because he was getting treatment for his depression.

“I was in a special program for people like me, that taught me how to cope with my problems and what to do when I hit my lowest of lows,” he wrote.