Jed Drenning’s involvement with West Virginia University began as a backup quarterback for the Mountaineers in 1990 when he arrived as a transfer from Samford (Alabama) where he played for Head Coach Terry Bowden and QBs Coach Jimbo Fisher. In 1991, Drenning transferred to Glenville State where he became one of the school’s all-time greats playing for Rich Rodriguez.
Drenning is one of the most prolific passers in West Virginia Conference history and was the first WVIAC player to accumulate 10,000 yards of total offense, doing so in just three seasons there. In 1993, he led GSC to the NAIA national championship game.
He was a three-time All-WVIAC performer, two-time conference player of the year and two-time NAIA All-American in 1992-93, and was named the 1993 Shorty Hardman Award Winner as the state’s amateur athlete of the year.
In 1994, Drenning was the recipient of Glenville State’s Frank Montrose Award.
Following graduation, Drenning played professionally in the Arena Football League and European Football Federation before becoming as an assistant coach at Glenville for the 1994-95 and 1999 seasons.
While at Tucker County High, Drenning led the Mountain Lions to two state championship appearances and he is one of just four performers in state history to win both the Hardman Award (given to the state’s amateur athlete of the year) and the Kennedy Award (given to West Virginia’s top high school football player, which he won at TCHS) – the other three are Curt Warner, Randy Moss and J.R. House.
Drenning’s broadcasting work began as co-host of The Big East Today for West Virginia MetroNews Radio Network before he joined the Mountaineer Sports Network in 2009 as football sideline reporter.
He previously held account executive positions with WDTV and WVFX in Clarksburg, and was also general sales manager at WVFX before going into pharmaceutical sales.
In the meantime, Drenning also published a college football magazine, The Signal Caller, which became instantly popular in the Mountain State. He has since branched out his Signal Caller brand into podcasting and he is also a contributing columnist on WVUsports.com.
Drenning is currently a primary healthcare representative at Pfizer.
His work with the network includes in-game sideline reporting and pre- and post-game show analysis.
Jed and his wife, Christina, have two sons, Dillon and Maverick. They reside in Davis, West Virginia.
