Dallas Cowboys, and former Eastern starting quarterback, Tony Romo recently got another accomplishment under his belt: he was turned into a figurine.

McFarlane Toys sculpted a sports collectible figurine of Romo for their latest line of McFarlane Sports Picks, a toy line that creates star figurines from many North American sporting teams such as football, basketball, baseball and so on.

McFarlane Toys is a subsidiary branch of business from Todd McFarlane Productions, Inc., who was founded by comic writer Todd McFarlane, whom is famous for creating the comic book hero Spawn.

Now, I can’t be sure that this is the only Eastern alumna that’s been sculpted as a figurine but I do know that such an honor does not come around often. Not even former Eastern alumna Mike Shanahan, coach of the Denver Broncos, who has won two Super Bowls, has a sculpted figure.

But even without those credentials, Romo certainly earned his honor of being selected for the line from his past season stats with the Cowboys. The Burlington, Wis., native threw for 2,903 yards, 19 touchdowns and an overall quarterback rating of 95.1 for the 2006 regular season. An impressive year considering it’s a.) the most playing time he’s had since his college days at Eastern and b.) he was not even the starter until the seventh game of the regular season.

And even though he may have botched the snap in the playoffs, simply making the playoffs and keeping his head for most of the time is commendable.

The selection is impressive because the Sports Pick line chooses players from all positions in football, so being selected as one out of six players for the Series 15 line is worth mentioning considering he was in a company of slim pickings. Especially since football stars like Brett Favre has three sculpted McFarlane toys and Randy Moss has four.

To Romo, this is probably just another thing added on to a list of posters, signs and other items made from his likeness, but the figurine now appeals to something else-a completely different crowd.

Now he has the attention of sports and toy collectors alike, and as far as I’m concerned the biggest toy collectors are still children. Now little kids, who may not understand or like football, will know this name.

Romo’s past season stats and this accomplishment may not yet solidify him as a legitimate star in the NFL, but he and the icon on his helmet are starting to get striking resemblances. They’re both stars.