Jeff Komlo

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Jeff Komlo

Date of birth:	July 30, 1956 (1956-07-30) (age 51)
Place of birth:	Cheverly, Maryland
Career information
Position(s):	Quarterback
College:	Delaware
NFL Draft:	1979 / Round: 9 / Pick 231
Organizations
As player:
1979-1981 1982 1983	Detroit Lions Atlanta Falcons Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

William Jeffrey Komlo (born July 30, 1956 in Cheverly, Maryland) is a former professional American football quarterback who played for the Detroit Lions from 1979 to 1981, the Atlanta Falcons in 1982 and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1983.

1 College
2 NFL
3 Personal troubles
4 References

[edit] College

Jeff 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.

[edit] NFL

At the beginning of the 1979 season, Komlo was chosen as the Lions starting quarterback over the injured Gary Danielson by then head coach Monte Clark.

Komlo was selected by the Lions in the ninth round of the 1979 NFL Draft. In his NFL career, he played in 25 games and threw for 12 touchdowns. He is one of several ex-Delaware Blue Hens quarterbacks to have played in the NFL.

[edit] Personal troubles

He was featured on America's Most Wanted in August 2005, after going on the lam while facing sentencing on a pair of DUI convictions in Chester County, a suburb of Philadelphia.