#21 Tarvorris Jolly 6-0 / 185 / CB Senior Shelby, N.C. Shelby HS Univ. of North Carolina
2009 (Jr.): Played in 10 games, starting the Gardner-Webb contest ... Credited with 15 tackles on the season ... Picked off a pass versus North Carolina A&T ... In his start versus the Runnin[apos] Bulldogs, logged three tackles with a pass breakup ... Followed that with a season-high fouth tackles versus Presbyterian ... Transferred to Coastal Carolina in January 2009 and participated in the spring drills.
Prior to Coastal Carolina: Played in nine games over two seasons for North Carolina in 2007 (Fr.) and 2008 (So.), primarily on special teams and as a backup cornerback ... In his two seasons, had 10 tackles, including seven solo stops and two assists ... Saw action on a career-high 38 snaps vs. Miami in 2007 ... Had a career-high three tackles versus Miami and at Wake Forest ... Posted one tackle against James Madison and two stops versus Duke ... High School: Four-year starter at running back and defensive back ... Named to the North Carolina Associated Press first team All-State squad as an athlete ... Was SuperPrep[apos]s 22nd-ranked player in North Carolina and ranked the No. 41 running back in the country and the No. 24 player in North Carolina by Rivals.com his senior year ... Considered the No. 24 player in North Carolina by The Charlotte Observer ... Selected to represent North Carolina in the Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas after rushing for 1,331 yards and 16 touchdowns on 182 carries as senior, earning Class AA Player of the Year honors ... Also returned 10 punts for 168 yards and a touchdown and seven kickoffs for 252 yards and a score ... At defensive back had 52 tackles, five interceptions and returned one for a touchdown ... Rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown and was named MVP in Shelby[apos]s 26-18 victory over Reidsville in the 2005 2-AA state title game ... Rushed for 981 yards and 10 touchdowns and had 13 receptions for 254 yards and a touchdown as a junior.
Personal: Son of Allen Jolly and Pamela Petty.
Jolly[apos]s Career Defensive Statistics
GP-GS Solo Asst. Total TFL-YDS Sack-YDS Int-YDS PBU FR FF BLK
2007 * 8- 0 7 2 9 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0
2008 * 1- 0 0 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0
2009 10- 1 8 7 15 0.0-0 0.0-0 1-3 1 0-0 0 0
Total 19-1 15 10 25 0.0-0 0.0-0 1-3 1 0-0 0 0
* -- Statistics from North Carolina
CAREER GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES (solo-asst-tot)
Game-By-Game stats incomplete from UNC.
2009: Kent State 2-0-2 ; Monmouth 1-0-1; Towson 0-1-1; North Carolina A&T 0-1-1; VMI 0-0-0; Liberty DNP; Stony Brook 1-0-1; Clemson 0-1-1; Gardner-Webb 1-2-3; Presbyterian 3-1-4; Charleston Southern 0-1-1.
