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Jay Wilkinson was a standout football player at Duke University where during his senior season in 1963 he earned All-American honors, was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, and finished eighth in the voting for the Heisman Trophy. After graduation from Duke University, he chose to forego professional football, instead pursuing a divinity degree which he received from the Episcopal Theological School in 1967. After spending several years in public service, he worked in executive management in the financial services industry for 37 years.

Recipient of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s prestigious Silver Anniversary Award, Jay is currently a noted motivational speaker and the author of Bud Wilkinson: An Intimate Portrait of an American Legend and Dear Jay, Love Dad: Bud Wilkinson’s Letters to his Son. Jay has four children and seven grandchildren and resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with his wife Rita.