College Basketball Player Chad Renfro Survives Scary Shark Attack

Sharks remain the best way to have a perfectly good day at the beach ruined. College basketball player Chad Renfro very nearly had his entire life altered by one. 

If the movie Jaws scared you, then this story may make you a tad squeamish. WSVN News in Miami reports on Renfro, a Barry University junior who was bitten by a shark recently. 

The basketball player was home visiting his parents in Jacksonville when he decided to go surfing. This is the point that the story picks up, because while he was paddling out he felt something that really should have caused him to soil the Atlantic Ocean, via the report: "I just got a wave and I was paddling back out and I felt a shark clamp on my foot."

There are a few reasons I decided never to pick up surfing. For one, my man boobs make balance a luxury that eludes me. Second is the fear of sharks. 

At the very best, I imagine this is going on beneath me as I tread water in the ocean. 

I can't imagine what was going through the athlete's mind as he began to paddle to shore—no doubt bringing a trail of blood along with him. 

Instead of his worst fears being realized, Renfro found that he was hardly a delicious morsel, and it saved his foot. 

The report states that the shark sliced a tendon and Renfro's foot needed 85 stitches. Of course, that pales in comparison to what could have been, and the Barry University basketball player knows this: 'It wasn't as bad as loosing your whole foot. ...They were doing x-rays to see if there might have been a shark tooth, but there wasn't. No souvenir."

Doctors believe Renfro will make a full recovery. 

When he does, the junior plans to go right back to basketball and surfing. The report states Renfro believed he had a better chance at winning the lotto than getting eaten by a shark. 

I say he did just win the lotto. He mixed it up with a fairly curious shark and came away relatively unscathed. 

Sure, you can't cash that kind of check, but it's definitely a win. 

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