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| No. 38 – Los Angeles Rams | |||||
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| Position: | Cornerback | ||||
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| Born: | October 17, 1998 Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 186 lb (84 kg) | ||||
| Career information | |||||
| High school: | Stephenson (DeKalb County, Georgia) | ||||
| College: | Appalachian State (2017–2021) | ||||
| Undrafted: | 2022 | ||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||
| Roster status: | Practice squad | ||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Shaun Jolly (born October 17, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Appalachian State and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns in 2022.[1]
Early life
[edit]Shaun Jolly was born on October 17, 1998, in Stone Mountain, Georgia. Jolly attended Stephenson High School and had a successful high school tenure, being named to the Georgia all-star team.[2]
College career
[edit]Jolly was rated as a two-star cornerback by Scout.com and chose to attend Appalachian State University. Jolly redshirted his freshman year and never played a down that season. In his next year, Jolly played in eleven games in defensive and special teams roles, including playing in the New Orleans Bowl against Middle Tennessee. Jolly was highly rated in his sophomore year, being named a second-team All-American and first-team all Sun Belt Conference for having five interceptions on the year and two interceptions returned for touchdowns. In Jolly's junior year he was named an honorable All-American and started all twelve games with 41 tackles and six pass breakups. In Jolly's senior and final year, he started all nine of the games he appeared in and was first-team All-Sun Belt.[3]
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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| 5 ft 8+3⁄4 in (1.75 m) | 179 lb (81 kg) | 30+3⁄8 in (0.77 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.52 s | 1.59 s | 2.58 s | 4.13 s | 6.95 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) | ||
| All values from Pro Day[4] | ||||||||||||
Cleveland Browns
[edit]After going undrafted in the 2022 NFL draft, Jolly was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns.[5] Jolly did not make the active roster but was signed to the practice squad.[6]
Los Angeles Rams
[edit]On September 23, 2022, Jolly was signed from the practice squad of the Browns to the active roster of the Los Angeles Rams.[7]
On March 15, 2023, Jolly was tendered by the Rams.[8] He was re-signed on April 17, 2023.[9] He was waived on September 5, 2023.[10] He was re-signed to the practice squad on October 19. Jolly was signed to the active roster on November 28.[11]
Jolly was waived by the Rams on August 27, 2024, and re-signed to the practice squad.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Shaun Jolly Biography".
- ^ Behr, Steve (November 23, 2019). "Jolly learns from former All-Sun Belt cornerback". Watauga Democrat. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- ^ "Shaun Jolly - Football".
- ^ "2022 NFL Draft Scout Shaun Jolly College Football Profile". DraftScout.com. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ Roach, Jacob (May 19, 2022). "Cleveland Browns: Shaun Jolly interesting nickel corner prospect". Dawg Pound Daily. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ "Cleveland Browns".
- ^ DaSilva, Cameron (September 23, 2022). "Rams sign DB Shaun Jolly off Browns' practice squad". Rams Wire. USA Today. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ Jackson, Stu (March 15, 2023). "Rams tender exclusive rights free agents Michael Hoecht, Shaun Jolly and Christian Rozeboom". TheRams.com. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ^ @RamsNFL (April 17, 2023). "LA Rams Transactions: • Signed Exclusive Rights Free Agents DB Shaun Jolly, LB Christian Rozeboom" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @RamsNFL (September 5, 2023). "LA Rams Transactions: Waived, Injured DB Shaun Jolly" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ DaSilva, Cameron (November 27, 2023). "Rams place Duke Shelley on IR, make 2 other roster moves". Rams Wire. USA Today. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
- ^ Jackson, Stu (August 28, 2024). "Rams sign 17 players to initial practice squad for 2024 season". TheRams.com.