Johnny Ray Jolly Jr. (born February 21, 1983) is a former American football defensive end who played for the Green Bay Packers in two separate stints: the first, from 2006 to 2009, and the second, in 2013. He was drafted in the sixth round (183rd overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft, and played college football at Texas A&M.

During his high school years, Jolly was a three-time all-district defensive lineman at Forest Brook High School in Houston, Texas.

Jolly attended Texas A&M University and became a starting defensive tackle after his breakout 2003 sophomore campaign. In this season, Jolly totaled his collegiate best 95 tackles along with two sacks and eight pass deflections. His success in 2003 resulted in double teams on a weekly basis in his junior and senior seasons. Although his statistics dropped because of this, Jolly was awarded Big 12 all-conference honors for his final two seasons.

His college career is highlighted by what has come to be known as the "Jolly Dance", where, during the fourth quarter of a game in which his Texas A&M team was losing 77–0 to Oklahoma, the Sooners were attempting to run out the clock and end the game by running dive plays over and over into the middle of the line of scrimmage. On one such play, Jolly made a tackle for a loss and briefly celebrated, much to the chagrin of the television announcers and other spectators.^[1]

On July 8, 2008, Houston police arrested Jolly for possession of at least 200 grams of codeine, with intent to sell prescription cough syrup for use in making purple drank,^[14] a second-degree felony. He appeared at court on July 22. He became the first Packer since 2000 to stand trial on a felony charge. Charges against Jolly were dismissed in a Texas court on July 16, but were refiled shortly after in December 2009. The dismissal stemmed from police awaiting new equipment that measures codeine amounts.^[15]

On July 16, 2010, with trial (oft-delayed) scheduled for the end of the month, the NFL officially suspended Jolly "indefinitely." His agent Dan Thompson had no official comment at the time; however, Jolly's leading defense attorney, Travis Damian, had filed a report with new and updated findings which may lead to a possible acquittal of the "indefinite" league suspension. As a result of being suspended, he missed out on the Packers Super Bowl XLV championship season.^[3]

On March 25, 2011, Jolly was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute after police allegedly found 600 grams of codeine in his vehicle.^[16] In addition, he was caught driving a car with a suspended license.^[17] Jolly was arrested and charged again on October 1, for possession of codeine and tampering with evidence by trying to hide the drug.^[18] On November 17, Jolly was sentenced to 6 years in prison for violation of probation in conjunction to his arrest for possession of narcotics.^[19]

On May 15, 2012, Jolly was granted early release with a 10-year shock probation.