Tony Romo NFL Quarterback
Tony Romo was born in San Diego California. He grew up and attended high school in a small town in Wisconsin. He was quarterback of the Burlington Demons where he received many honors. The greatest honor was Player of the Year in 1997.
After high school, Romo attended college at Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston. Here he had a great career passing for more then 8000 yards. He was honored as an All American and also received the Walter Payton Award. The Walter Payton Award is given to the top player in division 1 AA.
Tony Romo, proved that coming from a division 1 AA school is not an impossible task. He came to the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted player. In 2003 though he caught scouts eyes at the combine he was undrafted. He was back up quarterback to Vinny Testaverde and Drew Bledsoe. In 2006 he finally had a chance to show what he could do. On October 1st he threw his first regular season pass. He completed this one and one other for a touchdown. A few weeks later he came in for Drew Bledsoe where his first pass was intercepted.
He passed for over two hundred yards in the second half. The following week he was named starting quarterback for the Cowboys. He led the cowboys to a win, the first win in his NFL career as a starter. The story line is now set for Tony Romo the NFL Quarterback. Romo led the cowboys to enough victories to get in the playoffs this year. They lost their first playoff game. In 2009 Tony Romo NFL Quarterback was the first to take every snap in a complete season for the Cowboys. In 2009 Romo led the cowboys to the conference championship. They played the Philadelphia Eagles in their first playoff game. Romo led his team to victory over the Eagles 34 – 14.
Then they had to travel to MN to play the Minnesota Vikings in the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome. The noise was an enormous factor as the Vikings won 34 – 3 ending the Dallas Cowboys run to the Super Bowl. With the win against the Eagle, a case can be made that the Tony Romo NFL rookie card will be going up in value. When it comes to collecting NFL rookie cards it can be a fickle hobby to be sure, but Romo has what it takes to persevere on the field and that will help the value of his cards.
Tony Romo NFL Quarterback has had an up and down career for the Dallas Cowboys. He has been known as the quarterback that can not win the big game. This years first playoff win might change that. He has had some amazing wins in his career passing for numerous yards. He throws a few interceptions from time to time but he has a will to do what it takes to win.