Background
Walker, Jay was born on January 24, 1972 in California, United States.
Walker, Jay was born on January 24, 1972 in California, United States.
Born in California, January 24, 1972, Delegate Walker attended University High School in Los Angeles and graduated from Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science.
Pro quarterback
Walker is also a former quarterback in National Football League, having been drafted in the 7th round of the 1994 draft by the New England Patriots. He also played for the Minnesota Vikings for two years. He attemped two career passes.
Both were completions.
Walker was drafted by the California Angels as a pitcher right out of High School. After one season of minor league baseball, Walker returned to football.
He played his college ball at Howard University and Long Beach State. Walker transferred from Long Beach State when football was eliminated as a sport at the school.
At Howard he was the single-season leader in pass completions and in passing yardage.
"SkyWalker", as he was called at Howard, also holds the single-game record for most pass completions with 38 and was selected to the All-MEAC teams of 1992 and 1993. As the quarterback, Walker led the Howard Bison to an undefeated regular season in 1993. In 2005, Walker was voted into the Howard University Athletics Hall of Fame.
Currently, he is Chief Executive Officer and President of Walker Financial Services, and a college football analyst for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.
He serves on the House Ways and Means Committee and its education and finance resources subcommittees.
Delegate Walker has been a member of House of Delegates since January 2007. He is also a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland.