Jeff Komlo
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 30, 1956 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Cheverly, Maryland | ||||||||
| Date of death: | March 14, 2009 (aged 52) | ||||||||
| Place of death: | Athens, Greece | ||||||||
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| College: | Delaware | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1979 / Round: 9 / Pick: 231 | ||||||||
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| TD-INT: | 12-28 |
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| Yards: | 2,603 |
| QB Rating: | 50.9 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
William Jeffrey "Jeff" Komlo (July 30, 1956 – March 14, 2009) was an American professional football quarterback who played for the Detroit Lions, the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL. He was born in Cheverly, Maryland.
Komlo played at the University of Delaware under head coach Tubby Raymond and led the Blue Hens to a second-place finish in the 1978 NCAA Division II playoffs. During his Delaware career, Komlo set 11 school records and passed for 5,256 yards.
Komlo was selected by the Lions in the ninth round of the 1979 NFL Draft, and played three seasons with the Michigan club. At the beginning of the 1979 season, due to injuries to starting quarterback Gary Danielson and back-up Joe Reed, then head coach Monte Clark chose to open the season with Komlo as the starter. He was the first rookie quarterback ever, not drafted #1 by his team, to start the first game. In his NFL career, he played in 25 games and threw for 12 touchdowns but also tossed 28 interceptions.
One of several ex-Blue Hens quarterbacks to have played in the NFL, Komlo's career ended in 1983, after one-season spells with the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In August 2005, Komlo was featured on America's Most Wanted, after going on the lam while facing sentencing on a pair of DUI convictions in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was also facing charges of cocaine possession and assault, and police wanted to question him about possible arson at his homes in West Palm Beach and Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.
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