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Jay Drew

BYU sports reporter

After graduating from the University of Utah, Jay joined The Tribune in 1989 as a newsroom assistant. He joined the sports department in 1990 and has worked there ever since, spearheading the newspaper's high school sports coverage for 13 years before moving into management. In 2005, Drew went back to writing and has covered BYU sports since 2008.

Southern Utah football looking to recover after dismal showing in 2018

By Jay Drew | August 25, 2019, 4:37 p.m.

BYU’s football program is at a crossroads entering Kalani Sitake’s fourth season

By Jay Drew | August 24, 2019, 6:35 p.m.

BYU insists it has plenty of playmakers despite the loss of talented receiver Neil Pau’u

By Jay Drew | August 14, 2019, 8:38 p.m.

BYU has an overabundance of senior safeties in 2019 — and that’s a good thing

By Jay Drew | August 13, 2019, 1:47 a.m.

Graduate transfer RB Ty’Son Williams shines in BYU’s first scrimmage of preseason camp

By Jay Drew | August 11, 2019, 2:17 a.m.

NCAA says BYU basketball star Yoeli Childs must miss first 9 games next season after snafu related to NBA Draft

By Jay Drew | August 10, 2019, 12:16 a.m.

BYU senior safety Austin Kafentzis never matched his prep QB feats, but he’s inspiring his teammates in other ways

By Jay Drew | August 8, 2019, 10:53 p.m.

Eye on the Y: Injuries, academic issues threaten to weaken BYU’s depth at tight end

By Jay Drew | August 8, 2019, 5:43 p.m.

BYU has upgraded its depth at running back; now assistant coach AJ Steward must decide who gets the football

By Jay Drew | August 6, 2019, 10:38 p.m.

Kavika Fonua’s BYU teammates call him ‘gramps’ because he’s 24, but he’s their starting middle linebacker

By Jay Drew | August 5, 2019, 9:18 p.m.

Two years later, tight end Joe Tukuafu is finally ready to make an impact at BYU

By Jay Drew | August 3, 2019, 8:52 p.m.

Sione Takitaki is in the NFL now, so BYU has a huge hole to fill at MLB. Here are the candidates.

By Jay Drew | August 2, 2019, 9:12 p.m.

Koa Eldredge, a two-sport prep star in Hawaii, chooses BYU for baseball, football

By Jay Drew | August 2, 2019, 2:10 a.m.

Zach Wilson is the starting QB at BYU, but coaches are scheming to get his backups on the field, somehow

By Jay Drew | August 2, 2019, 12:02 a.m.

Eye on the Y: This time, BYU coach Kalani Sitake doesn’t duck questions about a troubled football player

By Jay Drew | August 2, 2019, 12:01 a.m.

Quarterback Zach Wilson looks sharp, pronounces himself ‘ready to go’ as BYU opens preseason camp with plenty of optimism

By Jay Drew | August 1, 2019, 4:41 p.m.

Former Arizona point guard Alex Barcello is reportedly transferring to BYU, but will probably have to sit out a year

By Jay Drew | August 1, 2019, 4:33 p.m.

Top-100 prep basketball recruit suffers season-threatening hand injury during ATV accident on official visit to BYU

By Jay Drew | August 1, 2019, 4:35 p.m.

Paul Mendenhall, father of former BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall, dies at 88

By Jay Drew | July 30, 2019, 11:05 p.m.

BYU opens camp Wednesday with focus on Zach Wilson’s health, another rugged early season schedule

By Jay Drew | July 30, 2019, 12:04 a.m.