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Tony Romo All-Pro Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys Career Highlights:Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo ascended from the ranks as an undrafted free agent and three-year back-up quarterback to a three-time Pro Bowl selection...With 89 career regular season starts, Romo is well on his way to rewriting Cowboys passing records with his elusive and instinctive style of play...Romo’s 2010 season was cut short to only six games due to a broken left clavicle, after he had finished the 2009 season as the first quarterback in team history to take every snap for a full season…He also passed his own mark for single season passing yardage with 4,483 yards, and became the first Cowboys quarterback to throw 20 plus touchdowns and less than 10 interceptions in a season…Romo’s eight 300-yard games was also a team record, his 1.6 interception percentage tied a team record, and his career interception percentage is now the lowest in franchise history…He led the Cowboys to the NFC East Division title, the second division title in Romo’s three full seasons as the starting quarterback…Romo has career stats of 1,326 completions, 118 touchdowns, 16,650 total passing yards and a 95.5 quarterback rating…Romo led the Cowboys to a 13-3 record and first place in the NFC East during the 2007 season…The Cowboys eventually lost to the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants in the Divisional Playoffs 21-17 that season...In 2007, Romo set Cowboy all-time team records for passing touchdowns (36) and also tied Troy Aikman for most touchdown passes in a game with five…Romo was named to the Pro Bowl for the second consecutive season...Romo was first named to be the Cowboys starting quarterback on October 29, 2006 against the Carolina Panthers and led them to a 35-14 victory...Later that November, Romo led the Cowboys past the Indianapolis Colts, the NFL’s last unbeaten team where he completed 19 of 23 passes in a 21-14 win…And, four days later on Thanksgiving Day 2006, Romo went 22-29 with 306 yards and five touchdown passes without an interception in a 38-10 win over Tampa Bay, becoming the highest rated quarterback in the league...Romo helped the Cowboys clinch a playoff berth and finished the regular season with 220 completions on 337 pass attempts for 2,903 yards, 19 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, with a passer rating of 95.1...He originally signed with Dallas as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2003…At Eastern Illinois University, Romo won the Walter Payton Award, given annually to the nation’s top player at the NCAA Division 1-AA level…He finished his career with school and Ohio Valley Conference records with 85 touchdown passes…He was second in school history with 8,212 passing yards, second in completions (584) and attempts (941)…As a senior, he set school and conference records for completions with 258 in 407 attempts for 3,418 yards…He also threw for 34 touchdowns…Romo earned consensus All-America honors, and was selected All-Ohio Valley Conference and was named OVC Player of the Year for the third straight year. Matt Ryan NFL Quarterback, Atlanta Falcons Career Highlights:Quarterback Matt Ryan led the Atlanta Falcons to a 13-3 record last season, the best in the National Football Conference…In his third NFL season as the starting quarterback, Ryan threw 357 completions for 3,705 yards and 28 touchdowns…He finished the season with a 91 percent passer rating and was invited to the 2011 Pro Bowl, his first...Ryan has led the Falcons to a franchise record three consecutive winning seasons...Ryan, who missed two games due to a turf toe injury in 2009, finished the 2009 season throwing for 2,916 yards with 22 touchdowns and 14 interceptions…Drafted by the Falcons with the third pick overall in the 2008 NFL Draft, Ryan became the first rookie quarterback to start a season for the Falcons since Steve Bartkowski in 1975…Ryan completed his first NFL pass for a 62-yard touchdown to Michael Jenkins, becoming the first quarterback to throw a touchdown on his first career NFL pass since Michael Bishop of the New England Patriots in 2000...Ryan finished the season with 3,440 passing yards, 17 touchdowns (one rushing), and 11 interceptions…Ryan and fellow Baltimore Ravens rookie Joe Flacco were the first rookie quarterbacks to lead their teams to the playoffs after starting all 16 games of the season…Ryan is one of only two rookie quarterbacks to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a rookie season (along with Peyton Manning)…Ryan was named the Associated Press NFL Rookie of the Year…Atlanta made the playoffs for the first time in years, and played the Arizona Cardinals…Ryan completed 26 of 40 passing attempts for 199 yards and two touchdowns, but was intercepted twice...Atlanta lost the game 30-24, but Ryan set a NFL Playoff rookie record with 26 completions in a single post-season game...Ryan earned the honor of being voted by his teammates as Offensive Captain alongside Todd McClure at the end of the 2008 season…He also won an ESPY Award as Best Breakthrough Athlete in 2009…Ryan had a stellar collegiate career at Boston College where he was their starting quarterback from 2005-07…He led the team to three bowl victories and a 25-7 record in 32 career starts…Ryan completed 807 of 1,347 passes for 9,313 yards and 56 touchdowns in his Golden Eagle career…His 807 completions and 1,347 attempts established school career records while his completion percentage of 59.9 ranked third in school annals…In 2007, Ryan led his team to an ACC Atlantic Division Championship and was named ACC Player of the Year…Other Ryan career highlights include being named the 2005 MPC Computers Bowl MVP, the 2007 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, the 2007 Manning Award and the 2007 Scanlan Award. Rex Ryan – DELETE NFL Head Coach, New York Jets Career Highlights:New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan has led the Jets to two back-to-back AFC Championship appearances in his first two years leading the team…Ryan, recognized for his larger-than-life personality, has also earned the reputation of being a players’ coach and a great motivator…In his first season (2009) with the Jets, Ryan led the team to a 9-7 regular season record, a wildcard in the playoffs and to the AFC Championship game against Indianapolis, where they fell just one game short of the Super Bowl…The Jets were first in NFL rushing yards during the regular season (172.2 ypg), and allowed the fewest average points (14.8 points), fewest average total yards (252.3 ypg) and lowest average passing yards (153.7 ypg) in the NFL…That year, the Jets sent five players to the Pro Bowl and two were named to the All-Pro team…This past season, Ryan’s Jets finished with an 11-5 record, second in the AFC East…In the wild card round, the Jets beat the Indianapolis Colts 17-16 and went on to defeat the first-seeded New England Patriots 28-21, ending the Patriots eight-game winning streak…For the second year in a row, they played in the AFC Championship game, eventually losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers…Prior to joining the Jets, Ryan spent 10 seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, including 2008 as assistant head coach/defensive coordinator…During his tenure, the Ravens defense never ranked lower than sixth in the NFL…Ryan earned 2006 NFL Assistant Coach of the Year honors from Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers Association…Ryan spent two seasons coaching under his father, then-head coach Buddy Ryan of the Arizona Cardinals (1994-95)…Ryan launched his coaching career in the collegiate ranks as a defensive end coach at Eastern Kentucky (1987-88) where the Colonels were Division 1-AA quarterfinalists in 1987 and 1-AA semifinalists in 1988…Ryan moved on to serve as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at New Mexico Highlands (1989) and defensive coordinator at Morehead State (1990-93) where the Eagles defense ranked among the highest in the nation during his tenure…Before moving to the NFL, he completed stints as defensive coordinator at Cincinnati (1996-97) and Oklahoma (1998) where the Sooners ranked sixth in the nation in total defense…Ryan’s father is the legendary Buddy Ryan and his twin brother is Rob Ryan, the new defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys…The family has coached in six Super Bowls with five different NFL teams – Jets (1968, Buddy), Minnesota (1976, Buddy), Chicago (1985, Buddy), Baltimore (2000, Rex), and New England (2001, 2003, Rob)…Ryan recently wrote a book titled, “Play Like You Mean It,” an autobiography and a conversational book about football strategy. 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