Schulz had a promising start to his career at Richmond, including a 6-goal game against the Brisbane Lions in 2004, that earned him an AFL Rising Star nomination.
He started the year being caught drink driving and speeding, that resulted in Richmond’s major sponsor, the TAC withdrawing their sponsorship of the club.
Schulz was also on the verge of being traded to then Grand Finalist, Port Adelaide in a bid to return to his home state, and to start afresh his football career, however Richmond rejected the offer from the club, and opted to retain Schulz on the list as there was still time on his contract.
On 8 October 2009, shortly after Damien Hardwick was appointed coach of Richmond, Schulz was traded to the Port Adelaide Football Club in exchange for Mitchell Farmer.
Schulz played the first 3 games of the 2010 season in the forward lines and displayed good goal sense and defensive pressure.
He returned to the team in Round 5 and contributed up forward, kicking 2.1 against top-placed St Kilda, and then a goal in a quiet game in the Showdown the following week.
Schulz's seven-goal haul was the equal second highest for the Power and one shy of the club record held by former captain Warren Tredrea.
In round 18, Schulz took 6 contested marks and kicked 4 goals to help Port Adelaide win by 8 points over Hawthorn.
He twisted his right knee in a clinch with Magpie Luke Ball on the city wing of the ground early in the game.
He also worked up the ground a lot in 2013, which got the eye of commentators and had him improving his game by collecting more disposals and making him more noticed by Port Adelaide fans.
His strongest patch of form was from rounds three to five when he kicked four, five and five goals in successive weeks, all being important contributions to close wins.
He has disclosed that a lot of his success at goal kicking came from having a very detailed, step-by-step identical goal-kicking routine for every set shot.
[7] Jay now runs a kicking academy and enjoys life back in Adelaide with his partner Laura