He transferred after his first year, to follow his college head coach Wayne Howard to the University of Utah.
[4] In 1983, he was signed by the Philadelphia Stars of the United States Football League as a free agent.
Folsom was a part of teams that reached the USFL title game three years in a row, winning in 1984 and 1985.
[6] Folsom was mostly a backup blocking tight end during his time with the team, until 1988, when he started 4 games in place of an injured Doug Cosbie.
Folsom worked for a period of time as a strength and conditioning coach for the United States Ski Team.
In 2001, he took a job with Dell at the company's headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, where he remains as a global technical account manager.