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Wilkinson Named to 2010 ACC Legends Class
8/3/2010 11:00:00 AM | Football
DURHAM, N.C. – Former Duke All-America Jay Wilkinson will represent his alma mater as a member of the 2010 ACC Football Legends class to be honored at the league's championship game in Charlotte on December 4.
The group, which will be honored at the ACC Night of Legends event on Friday, December 3, will be recognized during ceremonies at Bank of America Stadium for the sixth annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship, which has a 7:45 p.m. kickoff on December 4 and will be nationally televised by ESPN.
A native of Norman, Okla., Wilkinson lettered three seasons (1961-62-63) for the Blue Devils, helping Duke to an overall record of 20-9-1 and ACC championships in both 1961 and 1962. As a senior, he earned first team All-America and ACC Player of the Year honors after leading the conference with 72 points on a school single-season record 12 touchdowns. In addition, he finished ninth in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy.
For his career, Wilkinson amassed 2,753 all-purpose yards with 17 touchdowns and continues to hold school records for punt return yards in a game (160 vs. N.C. State, 1961), punt returns for touchdowns in a season (2 in 1961) and punt returns for touchdowns in a career (3). On Duke's career lists, he continues to rank second in punt returns (65), second in punt return yardage (761) and second in punt return average (11.71).
After receiving first team All-ACC accolades in 1963, Wilkinson went on to represent Duke in both the East-West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl, and was a ninth round selection of the Chicago Bears in the 1964 NFL Draft.
Wilkinson is joined in the 2010 ACC Football Legends class by Peter Boulware (Florida State), Cornell Brown (Virginia Tech), Ted Brown (N.C. State), Steve Fuller (Clemson), Darryl Hill (Maryland), Larry Hopkins (Wake Forest), Ethan Horton (North Carolina), Cortez Kennedy (Miami), Randy Rhino (Georgia Tech), Tony Thurman (Boston College) and Barry Word (Virginia).
Previous Blue Devil standouts to be honored as ACC Football Legends include Leo Hart (2005), Art Gregory (2006), Clarkston Hines (2007), Tee Moorman (2008) and Bob Pascal (2009).
The group, which will be honored at the ACC Night of Legends event on Friday, December 3, will be recognized during ceremonies at Bank of America Stadium for the sixth annual Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship, which has a 7:45 p.m. kickoff on December 4 and will be nationally televised by ESPN.
A native of Norman, Okla., Wilkinson lettered three seasons (1961-62-63) for the Blue Devils, helping Duke to an overall record of 20-9-1 and ACC championships in both 1961 and 1962. As a senior, he earned first team All-America and ACC Player of the Year honors after leading the conference with 72 points on a school single-season record 12 touchdowns. In addition, he finished ninth in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy.
For his career, Wilkinson amassed 2,753 all-purpose yards with 17 touchdowns and continues to hold school records for punt return yards in a game (160 vs. N.C. State, 1961), punt returns for touchdowns in a season (2 in 1961) and punt returns for touchdowns in a career (3). On Duke's career lists, he continues to rank second in punt returns (65), second in punt return yardage (761) and second in punt return average (11.71).
After receiving first team All-ACC accolades in 1963, Wilkinson went on to represent Duke in both the East-West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl, and was a ninth round selection of the Chicago Bears in the 1964 NFL Draft.
Wilkinson is joined in the 2010 ACC Football Legends class by Peter Boulware (Florida State), Cornell Brown (Virginia Tech), Ted Brown (N.C. State), Steve Fuller (Clemson), Darryl Hill (Maryland), Larry Hopkins (Wake Forest), Ethan Horton (North Carolina), Cortez Kennedy (Miami), Randy Rhino (Georgia Tech), Tony Thurman (Boston College) and Barry Word (Virginia).
Previous Blue Devil standouts to be honored as ACC Football Legends include Leo Hart (2005), Art Gregory (2006), Clarkston Hines (2007), Tee Moorman (2008) and Bob Pascal (2009).
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