Background
He was born in Cheverly, Maryland.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Jeff Komlo
Edit Profile
Education
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.
Career
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 National Collegiate Athletic Association 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
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 Driving under the influence 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.
While on the run, Komlo ended up working for a hair implant clinic in Athens called NHI. The clinic caters mostly to Britons, who fly to the Greek capital for something called the Choi Method, which, according to the NHI website, is "a procedure far too labour intensive to operate in the United Kingdom."
Komlo was killed in an automobile crash in southern Athens on March 14, 2009.
Pennsylvania law enforcement initially questioned whether he might have faked his own death to avoid the charges. On Thursday, March 19, the Acting Chief Chester County sheriff"s detective, Jim Vito, stated that the authorities were satisfied that Komlo was dead.
