Brett Romberg
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Windsor, Ontario, Canada
 Romberg (#65) in 2008 | |||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||
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| Born | October 10, 1979 Windsor, Ontario, Canada | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 293 lb (133 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Belle River (Belle River, Ontario) | ||||||
| College | Miami (FL) (1999–2002) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2003: undrafted | ||||||
| CFL draft | 2002: 2nd round, 17th overall pick | ||||||
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Brett Christopher Romberg (born October 10, 1979) is a Canadian former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes, earned consensus All-American honors, and won the Rimington Trophy. He was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2003, and also played for the St. Louis Rams and the Atlanta Falcons.
Romberg was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He started his football career in the ninth grade playing for the Belle River District High School football team.
College career
Romberg attended the University of Miami in the United States, where he played for the Hurricanes from 1999 to 2002. As senior in 2002, he was distinguished as the best center in the nation when he was awarded the Dave Rimington Trophy and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American at center.[1]
With Romberg at center, the Hurricanes won 35 of 37 games, one BCS National Championship (2001), three Big East Conference championships (2000, 2001, 2002), a Sugar Bowl (2001) and a Rose Bowl (2002).
Romberg never allowed a quarterback sack at center except against Ohio State in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl and was part of an offensive line that helped produce three 1,000-yard rushers (James Jackson, Clinton Portis and Willis McGahee), a quarterback (Ken Dorsey) who set every major Hurricanes career passing record and an offense that averaged more than 465 yards per game for the balance of his three years as the starting center.