60 Fun Facts About Tom Brady

In which round of the 2000 NFL draft was Brady selected?

He went 199th overall, the seventh quarterback taken, and was so embarrassed he briefly left the family home during the round.

Brady played his college football for which university?

He started as seventh on the depth chart and considered transferring to Cal before winning the job under Lloyd Carr.

How many Super Bowls did Brady win in his career?

Six came with New England and one with Tampa Bay, more than any single NFL franchise has won.

Which team did Brady join after leaving New England in 2020?

The Chargers, Bears, Saints and Colts were all reportedly in the mix, and Brady later said the Bears were 'very stealth in their recruitment'.

In what California city was Brady born?

He grew up going to 49ers games at Candlestick Park and idolising Joe Montana.

Which Major League Baseball team drafted Brady, a left-handed-hitting catcher, in 1995?

The Expos took him in the 18th round and their GM said he could be 'one of the greatest catchers ever'; he became the last active athlete the franchise ever drafted.

Whose injury in September 2001 opened the door for Brady to become the Patriots' starter?

The starter suffered internal bleeding after a hit from Jets linebacker Mo Lewis and was traded to Buffalo the following April.

Brady's first playoff win, in the snow against Oakland, turned on which controversial ruling?

Referee Walt Coleman overturned a fumble forced by Charles Woodson, Brady's former Michigan teammate, and the Patriots won 16-13 in overtime.

Who kicked the 48-yard field goal as time expired to win Brady's first Super Bowl, XXXVI?

The Patriots were 14-point underdogs, and John Madden had argued on air that they should run out the clock and play for overtime.

How old was Brady when he became the youngest quarterback to win a Super Bowl?

At 24 years and 6 months he passed Joe Namath and Joe Montana; nineteen years later he became the oldest at 43.

In his first MVP season Brady set a new single-season record with how many touchdown passes?

The 50th came against the Giants in the finale, breaking Peyton Manning's mark of 49; he threw only eight interceptions all year.

Which team ended the Patriots' bid for a perfect 19-0 season in Super Bowl XLII?

Brady was sacked five times and the 17-14 upset came after New England had gone 16-0 in the regular season.

Which Chiefs safety delivered the 2008 opening-day hit that tore Brady's ACL and MCL?

The injury ended a streak of 111 consecutive starts and a wound infection then needed several debridement surgeries.

How many touchdown passes did Brady throw in the second quarter of a 59-0 blizzard win over Tennessee in 2009?

It set an NFL record for touchdowns in a quarter and the 45-0 halftime lead was the largest in league history.

What made Brady's 2010 MVP award unprecedented in NFL history?

That season he threw 36 touchdowns against just four interceptions and was also the only unanimous All-Pro pick.

How long was Brady's record streak of pass attempts without an interception, ended in the 2010 playoffs?

The pick came in a 28-21 Divisional Round loss to a Jets team New England had beaten 45-3 a few weeks earlier.

In Week 1 of 2011 Brady threw a career-high 517 yards, including a record-tying 99-yard touchdown to whom?

The same season he became only the fourth quarterback to pass for 5,000 yards, finishing with 5,235.

In Super Bowl XLVI, what did Brady concede on the Patriots' very first offensive series?

He recovered to complete 16 straight passes and lead a 96-yard scoring drive, but Eli Manning won it late for the second time in four years.

Brady's Super Bowl XLIX win over Seattle involved a fourth-quarter comeback from how many points down?

He threw for 328 yards and four touchdowns, and his 37 completions were a Super Bowl record until he broke it himself two years later.

How many games was Brady suspended for over the Deflategate footballs, a ban he finally served in 2016?

Judge Richard Berman first vacated the ban in 2015, an appeals court reinstated it, and Brady gave up the fight in July 2016.

Roger Goodell cited Brady's destruction of which item as a key reason for upholding his suspension?

The NFL then went to federal court to confirm the ruling, and Brady criticised the decision on his Facebook page.

By what score did the Patriots trail the Falcons in the third quarter of Super Bowl LI before winning?

The 25 unanswered points forced the first overtime in Super Bowl history and completed the largest comeback the game had ever seen.

How many passing yards did Brady throw for in Super Bowl LII, an NFL postseason record?

The Patriots still lost 41-33 after Brandon Graham strip-sacked him with about two minutes left, in the highest-yardage game in NFL history.

What was the final score of Super Bowl LIII, Brady's sixth title and the lowest-scoring Super Bowl ever?

It was the only one of his nine Super Bowls in New England without a Brady touchdown pass; a late strike to Gronkowski set up the winning score.

Which former teammate picked off Brady's final Patriots pass and scored in the 2019 Wild Card loss to Tennessee?

New England was pinned on its own 1-yard line with 15 seconds left; another ex-teammate, Eric Rowe, had picked him off for a score two weeks earlier.

Which Buccaneers receiver gave up his number 12 so Brady could keep it in Tampa Bay?

Godwin switched to 14 as a sign of respect; Brady then pushed the team to trade for Rob Gronkowski, who came out of retirement.

Super Bowl LV, which Brady won with Tampa Bay, was the first in which the host team did what?

The Buccaneers were only the seventh wild-card team to win it all, and did so with three road playoff wins first.

Brady's fifth Super Bowl MVP award, won with Tampa Bay, made him the first player to do what?

Peyton Manning had also won titles with two franchises, but Brady's fifth MVP award was unique; he had also just become the oldest starter to win one.

Whom did Brady pass in Week 4 of 2021, in Foxborough, to become the NFL's all-time passing yards leader?

The record fell on a 28-yard completion to Mike Evans while Brees, coincidentally, watched from the sideline as an NBC analyst.

How many days after his February 2022 retirement announcement did Brady say he was coming back?

He returned for one more season, then retired 'for good' on February 1, 2023, exactly a year after the first announcement.

Which country completed Tom Brady's 2022 feat of winning NFL games in three different countries outside the US?

The 21-16 win over Seattle in Munich followed earlier wins in England and Mexico with the Patriots.

Brady's 2022 season with the Buccaneers was a career first for what unwanted reason?

Tampa Bay still won the NFC South at 8-9, and Brady set single-season records for both completions and attempts along the way.

Which network hired Brady as its lead NFL color commentator on a reported 10-year, $375 million deal?

He debuted alongside play-by-play man Kevin Burkhardt in 2024, making him the highest-paid sports commentator ever.

In 2024 NFL owners approved Brady's purchase of a stake in which franchise?

The 5% stake led the league to bar him from broadcast production meetings and team facilities, restrictions later relaxed.

In August 2023 Brady became a minority owner and board chairman of which English club?

That year he also founded Team Brady, an electric boat racing team that became E1 world champions.

Brady's supermodel wife of 13 years, whom he married in 2009 and divorced in 2022, was who?

They married at St. Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica and had two children together.

Brady's strict health regimen and brand share which name?

The diet cuts out tomatoes, peppers, mushrooms, coffee, dairy and gluten, and Brady drinks a couple hundred ounces of water a day.

Brady's production company 199 Productions takes its name from what?

He also co-founded Religion of Sports with Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra in 2017.

Brady's Netflix roast in May 2024 was branded with which acronym?

'Greatest Roasts of All Time' drew two million live viewers, with Brady as executive producer.

Brady's first NFL pass completion, in 2000, went to which tight end?

He went 1-for-3 for six yards as a rookie, starting the year fourth on the depth chart behind the starter and two other backups.

Brady's first-ever college pass attempt, mopping up against UCLA in 1996, ended how?

Phillip Ward took it back 42 yards; Brady had hired a sports psychologist to cope with his frustration on the Wolverines bench.

Brady's college career ended with an overtime win over Alabama in which January 2000 postseason game?

He threw for 369 yards and four touchdowns, rallying from two 14-point deficits, and set a BCS bowl record with 35 completions.

Where did Brady work as a summer intern in 1998 and 1999?

He later said that when the Patriots called on draft day he was grateful he would not 'have to be an insurance salesman'.

The Patriots' 199th pick was a compensatory selection awarded for losing which player?

Michael Holley's book Patriot Reign says the front office weighed Brady against Tim Rattay before making the pick.

In Robert Kraft's memory of first meeting Brady on the Foxboro steps, the rookie carried what?

Brady reportedly told the owner: 'I'm the best decision this organization has ever made.'

How many consecutive AFC East titles did Brady's Patriots win from 2009 to 2019?

He won 17 division titles overall in New England and never played a snap once his team was eliminated from playoff contention.

Brady is the only quarterback ever to lead a team to a 16-0 regular season. In what year?

The offense scored a then-record 589 points, and ESPN later voted it the greatest passing season ever.

Brady's debut season in the broadcast booth came with which restriction tied to the team he part-owns?

As a prospective owner he could not attend broadcast production meetings or access facilities, coaches or players, until the rules were relaxed in 2025.

In September 2023 the Patriots waived which rule to fast-track Brady into their team Hall of Fame?

He went in on June 12, 2024, a date chosen for six titles (June) and his number 12; the Governor declared it Tom Brady Day in Massachusetts.

Brady's Super Bowl-record 43 completions and 466 passing yards came in which game?

It was also the first game his mother attended that season, after being treated for cancer.

Which Wolverines quarterback led the 1997 team to a national title before Brady took over?

Griese also went on to the NFL; Brady then had to hold off Drew Henson in a platoon system in 1999.

Which famous 1981 NFC Championship play did a four-year-old Brady witness at Candlestick Park?

Joe Montana's throw to Dwight Clark made Montana his idol, though Brady oddly grew up a Lakers and Celtics fan.

Which future MLB slugger did Brady face as a rival at Bellarmine in high-school football and baseball?

Brady began as a backup on a winless junior varsity team that had not scored a touchdown all year.

What did Junípero Serra High School name after Brady when he visited in 2012?

Brady Family Stadium was announced after Super Bowl XLVI; he had entered the school's Hall of Fame in 2003.

Which quarterback did Brady platoon with for the first seven games of Michigan's 1999 season?

Brady took the first quarter, Henson the second, and coach Lloyd Carr chose who finished.

How many quarterbacks were taken before Brady in the 2000 NFL draft?

His family expected a second- or third-round pick; Brady was so embarrassed he briefly left the room.

How long was the Patriots' record winning streak spanning 2003 and 2004, counting playoffs?

The NFL's official books count only the 18 regular-season wins, but the Pro Football Hall of Fame honours all 21.

Brady's six touchdown passes in a 2011 playoff rout of Denver tied a record shared by Steve Young and whom?

The 45-10 win gave Brady and Belichick the record for postseason wins by a quarterback-coach duo.

How tall is the Tom Brady statue unveiled outside Gillette Stadium in August 2025?

Governor Maura Healey had declared June 12, 2024, Tom Brady Day in Massachusetts.

Which 2005 Simpsons episode features Brady voicing himself?

He also hosted SNL that year and later voiced himself in Family Guy's 'Patriot Games'.