March 19, 2026, 8:58 p.m. ET
BUFFALO, NY —Jake Wilkins usually attracts comparability to his well-known father who preceded him many years in the past with Georgia basketball.
Dominique Wilkins was a two-time All-American with the Bulldogs earlier than his star flip within the NBA, however he by no means reached the NCAA Tournament with Georgia.
Jake Wilkins is on a March Madness workforce.
The freshman ahead is a part of a Bulldog workforce that’s the No. 8 seed within the Midwest area and performed Saint Louis on Thursday night time March 19
Here are three things to know about Jake Wilkins:
He dunks like his pops
Jake Wilkins has put Bulldog followers on their toes at residence video games with some electrifying dunks.
Go forward and name him the Human Highlight Reel 2.0.
Georgia is without doubt one of the prime groups for dunks nationally with 198 coming into the match.
Jake Wilkins’ 20 dunks are third most on the workforce regardless of averaging 10.2 minutes per sport.
“Most people aren’t gifted with the bounce that I have,” Jake Wilkins mentioned. “So, when I’m running, I know I can get over most people.”
Jake Wilkins largest sport in Bulldogs’ largest win
Jake Wilkins has hit double determine scoring in 5 video games this season.
The 6-foot-9, 185-pound Wilkins’ most impactful sport most likely got here within the Bulldogs largest win of the season.
Georgia beat eventual SEC Tournament champion Arkansas, ranked No. 17 on the time, 90-76 on Jan. 17.
Wilkins scored 11 factors on 4 of 4 capturing together with hitting each 3-point tries.
Wilkins, who completed up his highschool profession at Grayson High in Loganville, is averaging 4.9 factors and 1.7 rebounds per sport.
“He reminds me of Asa [Newell] a little bit,” coach Mike White mentioned of the 2025 NBA first-round decide from Georgia. “His path and his journey, his process is totally different. He’s running his own race, but a similar characteristic in that he loves to play. He comes to compete every day. comes to work.”
A lacking piece to an All-American profession
Dominique Wilkins performed at Georgia from 1979-82 earlier than his legendary profession with the Atlanta Hawks.
He’s the one Georgia participant to have his quantity retired (now prime gamers can go within the UGA Circle of Honor as a substitute) and was SEC Player of the Year in 1981.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Famer was a part of groups that performed within the NIT twice together with the 1982 semifinals however by no means reached the NCAA Tournament.
Jake Wilkins soaked within the journey to Buffalo to play in March Madness.
“It’s a lot, I mean it’s a big deal,” Jake Wilkins instructed the Athens Banner-Herald. “Being a kid, you watched this on TV, being in class, you’d watch it. Being here, especially as a freshman, it’s a big deal.”
