Quarterback, Eastern Illinois, 1999–2002
Tony Romo
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Tony Romo played quarterback at Eastern Illinois (1999–2002). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2021.
Honors
Team titles: Ohio Valley champions, 2001 and 2002
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Games | Passing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | GS | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | 164 | 278 | 59.0 | 2,583 | 27 | 12 | 160.5 |
| 2001 | 10 | 10 | 138 | 207 | 66.7 | 2,068 | 21 | 6 | 178.3 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | 258 | 407 | 63.4 | 3,165 | 34 | 16 | 148.4 |
| Career | 33 | 33 | 560 | 892 | 7,816 | 82 | 34 | ||
From the college statistics table in Romo’s Wikipedia article (Tony Romo, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2003 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2″ |
| Weight | 230 lb |
| Arm length | 32″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| 40-yard dash | 5.01 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.72 s |
| Vertical jump | 30″ |
| Broad jump | 8′9″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.11 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.20 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 4 (2006–07, 2009, 2014) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2014
All-Pro teams: AP second team 2014.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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