Tony Romo
Career information High school: Burlington (WI) College: Eastern Illinois Undrafted in 2003 Debuted in 2004 for the Dallas Cowboys Career history Dallas Cowboys (2003–present) Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards NFL 4× Pro Bowl (2006, 2007, 2009, 2014) Second-team All Pro (2014) NFC passing yards leader (2009) NFC Passing Touchdowns Leader (2007) NFL passer rating leader (2014) 2× NFC passer rating leader (2007, 2014) 3× FedEx Air Player of the Week (Week 1, 2007, Week 13, 2007, Week 5, 2013) NFC Offensive Player of the Month (December 2014) FOX Galloping Gobbler award winner (2006) 3× CBS All-Iron Award winner (2007, 2009, 2013) Ed Block Courage Award (2011) NFL record most passing attempts through 100 starts NFL record most consecutive road games with a touchdown pass (41) NFL record most games with 135+ passer rating in a season (6) Dallas Cowboys Records Dallas Cowboys record most consecutive games with a touchdown pass (38) Dallas Cowboys record most games with 300+ passing yards in a season (9) Dallas Cowboys record most passing touchdowns in a season (36) Dallas Cowboys record most passing yards in a season (4,903) Dallas Cowboys record most completions in a season (405) First quarterback in franchise history to average 300 passing yards in a season Dallas Cowboys record 90% completion in a game Tied for most passing touchdowns in a game in franchise history (5) Dallas Cowboys record most game winning drives in a career (27) Dallas Cowboys record lowest interception percentage (2.6%) Dallas Cowboys record most games with 300+ passing yards in a career (45) Dallas Cowboys record most games with 3+ touchdown passes in a career (39) Dallas Cowboys record most passing yards in a single game (506) Dallas Cowboys all-time career leader in (Passing Touchdowns and Passing Yards) College 3× All-OVC (2000–2002) 3× OVC Player of the Year (2000–2002) 3× All-American (2000–2002) Walter Payton Award (2002) Eastern Illinois Hall of Fame No. 17 retired by Eastern Illinois Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2014 Pass attempts 4,210 Pass completions 2,743 Percentage 65.2 Passing yards 33,270 TD–INT 242–110 Passer rating 97.6 (Ranks second all-time in NFL history ) 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, an NCAA Division I-AA school. 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. Since 2006, Romo has a higher passer rating than any other NFL quarterback in the 4th quarter of a game.