Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first twenty seasons with the New England Patriots, where he was a central contributor to the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019. Brady is widely regarded as the greatest quarterback of all time.
After playing college football at Michigan, Brady was selected 199th overall by the Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, later earning him a reputation as the NFL's biggest draft steal. He became the starting quarterback during his second season, which saw the Patriots win their first Super Bowl title in Super Bowl XXXVI. As the team's primary starter for eighteen seasons, Brady led the Patriots to seventeen division titles (including eleven consecutively from 2009 to 2019), 13 AFC Championship Games (including eight consecutively from 2011 to 2018), nine Super Bowl appearances, and six Super Bowl titles, all NFL records for a player and franchise. He joined the Buccaneers in 2020 and led them to win Super Bowl LV, extending his individual records to ten Super Bowl appearances and seven victories.
Brady holds nearly every major quarterback record, including: passing yards, completions, touchdown passes, and games started. Never having a losing season, he is the NFL leader in: career quarterback wins, quarterback regular season wins, quarterback playoff wins, Super Bowl MVP awards, as well as being the only Super Bowl MVP for two different franchises.
Additional accolades held by Brady include the most Pro Bowl selections, and the first unanimous NFL MVP. The only quarterback to win a Super Bowl in three separate decades, Brady is noted for the longevity of his success: he is the oldest NFL MVP at age 40, the oldest Super Bowl MVP at age 43, the oldest quarterback selected to the Pro Bowl at age 44, and the oldest quarterback to start a game at age 45. Brady is the only NFL quarterback named to two all-decade teams (2000s and 2010s) and was unanimously named to the 100th Anniversary All-Time Team in 2019.
2000-2019 |
2020-2021 |
2018-2019 |