NFL star’s wife gives bizarre update after claiming she’d dated his ‘bad boy’ back-up QB to make him jealous

Kelly Stafford, the wife of NFL star Matthew Stafford, has apologized to the quarterback’s former teammate after he was embroiled in a “storm” over her college dating life.

Kelly recently revealed that she was dating her husband’s backup just to make him jealous.

The Los Angeles Rams star played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs from 2006 to 2008. His future wife, then known as Kelly Hall, was a cheerleader for the Athens team around the same time.

Joe Cox was one of the other quarterbacks on the team at the time, but Stafford has apologized to his family and insisted he had “no involvement whatsoever” in the saga.

“To this beautiful family…I’m sorry for the media storm that happened last week that came into your lives,” she wrote.

Kelly previously went on a podcast and admitted she was dating a rival, but says it wasn’t Cox

Stafford’s admission sparked outrage, and she apologized to Cox’s family in a groveling post

Kelly Stafford took to Instagram and insisted she wouldn’t change the past

“You had NO involvement whatsoever in what I was talking about. It was your relationship at university that I looked up to and wanted for Matthew and me.

“You were the couple that everyone thinks Matthew and I were. You were all the UGA QB and cheerleader that met and never let go. I love you all.”

In a follow-up post, she added: ‘If it didn’t affect others I wouldn’t even bring it up because it’s so comical how things are twisted.’

“It was sixteen years ago and if you asked both Matthew and me if we would change anything we were doing then… no.

“But we appreciate the laughter.”

During the Off The Vine podcast appearance that sparked a huge response, Kelly had revealed: ‘At first the relationship wasn’t so cute: I hated him, I loved him. I went out with the backup (quarterback) to finish him off – which worked.”

The Staffords – now happily married – had a rocky start to their relationship in college

Joe Cox (L) and Joe Tereshinski (R) were backup quarterbacks at Georgia while Stafford was the starter, but the identity of the mystery player has still not been revealed

She added, “He was the bad boy too. Matthew is such a sweet guy, a Southern gentleman, all that stuff. And the backup was the complete opposite and it upset him.”

Following the release, fans speculated as to whether Cox or Joe Tereshinski III was the QB Kelly had hinted at, but now it appears Cox has been ruled out.

Kelly also talks in the podcast The revealed that her new relationship prompted Stafford to confront her and warn her about his teammate.

“They lived in the same dorm because athletes lived in the same dorm — and he would see my car there,” she continued.

“So at one point he waited, followed me out and got into my car. And it wouldn’t work out. I thought, “This is great, it works!”

The couple is now happily married and has four young daughters together

The couple has now been together for more than 10 years and they have four children

After she told him to get out of her car, Stafford responded, “He’s not good for you.” To which Kelly replied, “You can’t tell me that!”

Stafford went on to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2009 NFL Draft and came out of college as the most touted prospect in years.

He was drafted by the Detroit Lions, where he spent 11 years before moving to the Los Angeles Rams in 2011.

He then won the Super Bowl in his first season on the West Coast, helping the Rams to a 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium.