Tony Romo has been placed on leave from his role as the lead analyst on CBS鈥� NFL coverage following last week on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence.
CBS Sports announced Friday that the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback was on leave 鈥渦ntil further notice.鈥� JJ Watt will join Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson as CBS Sports鈥� lead NFL team during Romo鈥檚 absence.
Romo, 46, was arrested July 23 after he was stopped while driving south on Interstate 43 in Wisconsin. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff鈥檚 Office report, Romo performed poorly on field sobriety tests before getting taken into custody, booked and released.
He has a court date set for Sept. 21.
CBS Sports鈥� announcement comes after by the Milwaukee County Sheriff鈥檚 Office indicated an open bottle of an alcoholic beverage was found in the passenger鈥檚 side of Romo鈥檚 black Jeep during an inventory before it was towed.
According to the citations, police stopped Romo after he was seen passing cars in a gore area, which separates interstate traffic from cars entering from an on-ramp. Police said Romo questioned what a gore area was during the stop.
Body camera footage released earlier this week showed Romo telling deputies he had been coming from a golf course and was on his way 鈥渢o visit grandma and grandpa鈥� when he was stopped. A deputy told Romo he suspected him of being impaired because he had 鈥渞ed glassy eyes鈥� and an 鈥渙dor of an intoxicating alcoholic beverage.鈥�
Romo went to high school about 35 miles from Milwaukee in Burlington, Wisconsin.
He has been the for since 2017 after making four Pro Bowl appearances during an NFL career that ran from 2004-16 and was spent entirely with Dallas.
Romo remains the Cowboys鈥� franchise leader in career touchdown passes with 248. He held the franchise record for career passing yards (34,183) until last season.
Watt joined CBS in 2023. He was an analyst on 鈥淭he NFL Today鈥� for two seasons before teaming with Ian Eagle on the network鈥檚 No. 2 crew beginning last season.
Romo wasn鈥檛 expected to have his first game until the opening Sunday of the regular season on Sept. 13. CBS will air a preseason game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles on Aug. 28.
CBS likely will reveal its game assignments and announcer pairings for the first three weeks of the regular season in the next couple of weeks.
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