14 Facts About Jeff Komlo

William Jeffrey Komlo was an American professional football quarterback who played for the Detroit Lions, the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League.

Jeff Komlo had been a star for the football and baseball teams.

Jeff Komlo aspired to be like his father William, who played college football for the University of Maryland in the 1950s.

Jeff Komlo first attended Fork Hill Military Academy to sharpen his skills, and then transferred to Delaware, where Jeff Komlo was told by head coach Tubby Raymond he could try and make the team as a walk-on, which he did.

Jeff Komlo was selected by the Detroit Lions in the ninth round of the 1979 NFL draft, and was expected to be club's third-string quarterback.

In 1980, Jeff Komlo threw only four passes all year, as Danielson returned; in 1981, Jeff Komlo was mainly the third-string quarterback, with Danielson being supplanted as starter by Eric Hipple.

In 1982, Jeff Komlo went to the Atlanta Falcons but did not get into a game.

In 1983, his final NFL season, Jeff Komlo played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but threw just eight passes in two games, stuck behind Jack "The Throwin' Samoan" Thompson and ex-New York Giant Jerry Golsteyn.

In May 2004, Jeff Komlo was involved in a domestic incident with his girlfriend, Jennifer Winters.

Jeff Komlo returned home, got his SUV, and later crashed that vehicle as well.

Jeff Komlo was later convicted in Chester County, Pennsylvania on two drunk-driving charges, but didn't show up to be sentenced, which resulted in a bench warrant for his arrest.

Jeff Komlo was 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.

Jeff Komlo was killed in an automobile crash in southern Athens on March 14,2009.

Five days later, the Acting Chief Chester County sheriff's detective, Jim Vito, stated that the authorities were satisfied that Jeff Komlo was in fact dead.