Tony Romo is expected to stay with CBS Sports for the 2020 NFL season and beyond. Romo remains with CBS Sports on a long-term contract extension, according to CBS Sports communications.
Romo joined CBS Sports in April 2017 as a senior game analyst for THE NFL ON CBS. He also called the “Thursday Night Football” games during the 2017 NFL season. Romo has been associated with Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson as the main NFL announcer for the CBS television network for the past three seasons, and in February 2019 called the Super Bowl LIII for the first time together.
CBS will broadcast the Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida in February 2021.
Before joining CBS Sports, Romo spent 14 years as the Dallas Cowboys quarterback. He joined the Cowboys in 2003 as an undrafted free agent where he began his professional career as a placeholder. After being named a starting quarterback in 2006, Romo led the Cowboys to six playoff appearances and became a quadruple bowler before retiring after the 2016 season.
Romo’s pass mark of 97.1 remains the fourth highest of all time and the highest among retired players. He currently holds several Cowboys team records, including touchdowns, passing yards, most games with at least 300 yards passing and games with three and more touchdown passes. Romo threw for 34,183 yards and 248 touchdowns in his NFL career.
Romo attended Eastern Illinois University, where he coached the Panthers football team at two Ohio Valley Conference Championships, and was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year and All-American three times. In 2002 Romo received the Walter Payton Award in his final year, which recognizes the most outstanding offensive player in Division I of the college football championship. In 2009, Eastern Illinois University removed Romo’s # 17 jersey and inducted him into the EIU Hall of Fame. He is the first player from Eastern Illinois to withdraw his number.
