He played college football for the Dartmouth Big Green in the Ivy League,[1] and was not selected in the 1981 NFL draft.
[2] At Dartmouth College in 1979, Jeff Kemp was named the starting quarterback for the Big Green, winning the job over Joe McLaughlin.
That season, Dartmouth, led by head coach Joseph Yukica went 4–3 in Ivy League play (4–4–1 overall).
When former starter Vince Ferragamo bolted the Rams to sign with Montreal of the Canadian Football League, the Rams inserted Pat Haden as the full time starter, with Raiders cast off Dan Pastorini as the second string and former draft pick Jeff Rutledge as the third stringer quarterback.
One of those was a token appearance to do a kneel down during the Rams 41–17 blow out win against the Buffalo Bills, a team his father starred for and won a championship with in the American Football League during the 1960s.
In 1984, after Ferragamo went 1–3 as a starter to begin the season, head coach John Robinson made the switch, benching the one-time Rams star in favor of Kemp.
The following season, the Rams traded Ferragamo to the Buffalo Bills for tight end Tony Hunter.
The Rams cast their luck with Brock, who did manage to lead the team to the playoffs, where they were trounced by the Chicago Bears and their vaunted 4–6 defense in the NFC Championship.
Kemp was not re-signed and played the 1986 season with the Rams rival San Francisco 49ers, where he backed-up Joe Montana.
[6] In the years following the conclusion of his playing career, Jeff Kemp became a motivational speaker and wrote a book called "Facing the Blitz".