Tom Brady

**Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr.** (born August 4, 1997) is a former American football quarterback who played for 23 seasons, from 2000 to 2023. He spent the first 20 seasons of his career with the New England Patriots, and the final three with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played in 10 Super Bowls and won 7 of them.

## Career

Picked late in the 2000 NFL Draft, Brady became the starting quarterback for the New England Patriots after Drew Bledsoe got hurt. He played surprisingly well, leading New England to its first Super Bowl win in 2001.

Since then, he has won a record of five Super Bowl MVP awards (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XLIX, LI, LV) as well as three NFL MVP awards (2007, 2010, 2017).

Brady was a 14-time NFL Pro-Bowler, an award given to outstanding players in the league at their position.

Brady is also famous for his number "12" as well as being married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen from 2009 to 2022.

On February 1, 2022, Brady announced his retirement after 22 seasons in the NFL, in an Instagram post. However, several weeks later, he announced that he was not going to retire and would return to the NFL. On February 1, 2023, Brady announced his retirement in a Twitter post “for good” after 23 seasons in the NFL. After retiring from playing, Brady became a well-known  color commentator for NFL telecasts. He is currently a broadcaster and color commentator for Fox Sports.

## Infobox (nfl biography)

- **name**: Tom Brady
- **image**: Tom Brady 2017.JPG
- **alt**: Brady smiling in uniform
- **caption**: Brady with the Patriots in 2017
- **number**: 12
- **position**: Quarterback
- **birth place**: San Mateo, California
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 4
- **weight lbs**: 225
- **high school**: Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo, California), Junípero Serra
(San Mateo, California)
- **college**: Michigan Wolverines football, Michigan
- **draftyear**: 2000
- **draftround**: 6
- **draftpick**: 199
- **pastteams**: * As a player:
* New England Patriots (–)
* Tampa Bay Buccaneers (–)
- **highlights**: * 7× Super Bowl champion (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVI, Super Bowl XXXVIII, XXXVIII, Super Bowl XXXIX, XXXIX, Super Bowl XLIX, XLIX, Super Bowl LI, LI, Super Bowl LIII, LIII, Super Bowl LV, LV)
* 5× Super Bowl MVP (Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVI, Super Bowl XXXVIII, XXXVIII, Super Bowl XLIX, XLIX, Super Bowl LI, LI, Super Bowl LV, LV)
* 3× National Football League Most Valuable Player Award, NFL Most Valuable Player (2007, 2010, 2017)
* 15× Pro Bowl (2002 Pro Bowl, 2001, 2005 Pro Bowl, 2004, 2006 Pro Bowl, 2005, 2008 Pro Bowl, 2007, 2010 Pro Bowl, 2009–2019 Pro Bowl, 2018, 2022 Pro Bowl , 2021)
* 3× First-team All-Pro (2007 All-Pro Team, 2007, 2010 All-Pro Team, 2010, 2017 All-Pro Team, 2017)
* 3× Second-team All-Pro (2005 All-Pro Team, 2005, 2016 All-Pro Team, 2016,2021 All-Pro Team, 2021)
* 2× National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award, NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2007, 2010)
* National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award, NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2009)
* 5× List of National Football League season passing touchdowns leaders, NFL passing touchdowns leader (2002, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2021)
* 4× List of National Football League season passing yards leaders, NFL passing yards leader (2005, 2007, 2017, 2021)
* 2× List of NFL annual passer rating leaders, NFL passer rating leader (2007, 2010)
* List of National Football League annual pass completion percentage leaders, NFL completion percentage leader (2007)
* _Sporting News_ NFL Athlete of the Decade (2010s)
* Bert Bell Award (2007)
* Associated Press Athlete of the Year, Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year (2007)
* 2× Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, _Sports Illustrated_ Sportsman of the Year (2005, 2021)
* National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team, NFL 2000s All-Decade Team
* Unanimous National Football League 2010s All-Decade Team, NFL 2010s All-Decade Team
* NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
* College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS, National champion (1998 Rose Bowl, 1997)
- **statleague**: NFL
- **statseason**: 2021
- **statweek**: 9
- **statlabel1**: Passing attempts
- **statvalue1**: 11,317
- **statlabel2**: Passing completions
- **statvalue2**: 7,263
- **statlabel3**: Completion percentage
- **statvalue3**: 64.2
- **statlabel4**: Touchdowns, TD–Interceptions, INT
- **statvalue4**: 624–203
- **statlabel5**: Passing yards
- **statvalue5**: 84,520
- **statlabel6**: Passer rating
- **statvalue6**: 97.6
- **statlabel7**: Rushing yards
- **statvalue7**: 1,124
- **statlabel8**: Rushing touchdowns
- **statvalue8**: 27
- **nfl**: Tom-Brady
- **pfr**: BradTo00