Kyle Jolly Blocking the Blind Side

Posted Aug 8, 2008

With T.J. Yates’ surgically-repaired shoulder being a focal point of North Carolina’s preseason festivities, anxious eyes will be fixated on the man called upon to protect the starting quarterback’s blind side this fall – red-shirt junior left tackle Kyle Jolly. But the Powhatan, Va. product insists that there is no increased pressure on his job for the 2008 season. (Inside Carolina)

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