Tony Romo

Antonio "Tony" Ramiro Romo (* April 21, 1980 in San Diego, California) is an American professional American football player at the position of quarterback. He plays for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League ( NFL).

College

Romo grew up in San Diego, his father was a naval nationals and there with the U.S. Navy. Even in high school he played football and basketball. 1999 Romo was awarded a scholarship at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, where he played quarterback at Eastern Illinois Panthers to a team of All- Ohio Valley Conference. In his second year he was able to achieve 27 touchdowns and finished his career with a school and league record of 85 touchdowns erworfenen from. With his passport, he was able to achieve a space gain of 8212 yards during his studies. In his Conference he was elected three times in succession for Most Valuable Player (MVP).

Playing career

Romo could not make critical attention to themselves in the week-long training camp before the NFL Draft in 2003 and was also committed by any team. However, two teams took with him even during the draft contact, when it became evident that he would find no employer. Romo hit from the highly doped offer the Denver Broncos and signed a contract with the Dallas Cowboys, where he was particularly encouraged by assistant coach Sean Payton.

The Cowboys had used in recent years, after the injury-related retirement of Troy Aikman, a total of eight starting quarterbacks, including such well-known players such as Vinny Testaverde, Drew Bledsoe and Randall Cunningham, but also young players like Quincy Carter and Chad Hutchinson. But neither player could fully convince. The offensive play of the Cowboys suffered through the often only average performance of the quarterbacks, the leading football team in the 1990s slipped into mediocrity.

Romo took place in 2003, first as the third quarterback used on the sidelines, as it was in Dallas the conviction to be able to continue with experienced players like Testaverde or Bledsoe old successes. In 2006, Payton as head coach for the New Orleans Saints and tried the release for Romo to achieve what has been refused by the owner of the Cowboys, Jerry Jones. In the 6th game Romo had taken over the position of the starting quarterbacks of Drew Bledsoe. Later in the season, Romo go 19 touchdown passes and a space gain of 2,903 yards. The move into the play-offs in 2006 succeeded there but it failed in the first round to the Seattle Seahawks with just under 21:20 because Tony Romo could not control shortly before the end of the football at the snap for game-winning field goal.

In the regular season of the 2007 season, he threw passes for 4,211 yards, and his 36 touchdowns were only surpassed by the new NFL record set by Tom Brady ( 50). Romo presented 2007, several club records on, such as for most passing yards, touchdowns and complete passes, and Bowl was elected for the second time in the Pro. Under Romo's leadership, the Cowboys reached the best team in the NFC ( 13:3 balance) the play-offs. However, they lost to arch-rivals New York Giants 21:17. The Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo tied during the season with a six - year contract worth 67.5 million U.S. dollars in the long term to the team. In 2009, he again succeeded with his team making the play -offs.

In March 2013, the Cowboys extended the contract of Romo six years, the conclusion then makes him the most expensive player to the Cowboys ever had.

Honors

Romo was awarded in 2002 as a college player with the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award. This prize is awarded annually to the best offensive player of his College Division. Romo played in the Pro Bowl three times.

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