Tony Romo
Romo in 2015
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| No. 9 Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | April 21, 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Burlington (WI) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Eastern Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2003 | ||||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2016 | |||||||||||||||
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| Pass attempts: | 4,335 |
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| Pass completions: | 2,829 |
| Completion percentage: | 65.3 |
| TD–INT: | 248–117 |
| Passing yards: | 34,183 |
| Passer rating: | 97.1 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Antonio Ramiro "Tony" Romo (born April 21, 1980) is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Eastern Illinois University. At Eastern Illinois, Romo won the Walter Payton Award in 2002, and led the Panthers football team to an Ohio Valley Conference championship in 2001.
Not selected in the 2003 NFL Draft, Romo signed as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys. After two seasons as a holder, Romo replaced the Cowboys' previous starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe during a game against the New York Giants in the 2006 season. Romo was a Pro Bowl selection for the 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2014 seasons, all seasons in which the Dallas Cowboys made the playoffs. He has also broken Dallas Cowboys team records including most games with at least 300 passing yards and games with three or more touchdown passes. However, Romo has also been noted for a lack of postseason success and to date, has won only two of the six playoff games he played in.
Since 2006, Tony Romo has a higher passer rating in the 4th quarter than any other NFL quarterback.
Romo was born in San Diego, California, while his father, Ramiro Romo, Jr., was serving in the United States Navy, and his mother, Joan (Jakubowski) Romo, was a store clerk. His family returned to their home in Burlington, Wisconsin. Romo played baseball as a child and was selected to the Little League All-Star team.
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