It was May 2017 and Hunter Renfrow, while working a camp in Hilton Head, was every college football fan. He spotted J.T. Barrett and did a double-take.
“This guy is still in college?” he thought to himself.
Barrett at the time was a rising senior quarterback for Ohio State who had already started 30 games, appeared in high-profile bowls and was part of a national championship team. Barrett wasn’t a freshman when Woody Hayes coached the Buckeyes. It only felt that way.
“I couldn’t believe he had been here this long,” Renfrow said.