[1][2] Jolley began his college career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a wingback after not playing football his senior year in high school due to an injury.
[3] He capped his college career playing in the December 1971 Gator Bowl, which North Carolina lost to the Georgia Bulldogs by a score of 7-3.
[6][7] He was cut before the 1972 regular season began, but then joined the Oilers' taxi squad before being activated as a special teams player.
[11] After being waived by the Oilers, he signed with the Charlotte Hornets of the World Football League.
[15][16] After the Hornets folded, Jolley became a traveling salesman for Worthington Steel, where he was still working as of 1986.