LANDOVER, Md. — West Virginia receiver Gary Jennings didn’t play up the narrative of facing his home-state Hokies.
Sunday night’s 13-catch, 189-yard performance said plenty on its own.
“I know he played with an edge tonight,” Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster said after a 31-24 win. “He played with an attitude and wanted to show we made a mistake.”
The mistake, Foster explained, involved the Hokies favoring another receiver over Jennings in the 2015 recruiting class.
Rarely leaving the field during the Mountaineers’ 89 snaps, Jennings overcame leg cramps to race 60 yards with a fourth-quarter touchdown that 24-all
“He ran by us a little better than I thought he could,” Foster admitted.