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Tom Brady was selected 199th overall in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft by the New England Patriots, making him the seventh quarterback taken that year. The pick was a compensatory selection the Patriots received for losing punter Tom Tupa.
Tom Brady won seven Super Bowls: six with the New England Patriots (in Super Bowls XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX, XLIX, LI, and LIII) and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. He appeared in a record ten Super Bowls overall.
Tom Brady was drafted in the 18th round of the 1995 MLB draft by the Montreal Expos. The team projected him as a potential All-Star catcher; then-GM Kevin Malone claimed Brady had the potential to be "one of the greatest catchers ever." Brady chose to play college football at Michigan instead.
A 2015 NFL report concluded Brady was more likely than not generally aware of intentional deflation of footballs used in the 2014 AFC Championship Game. He was suspended for four games, a punishment upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2016. Years later, sportswriter Mike Florio revealed in his 2022 book Playmakers that NFL executives had falsified data and that 11 of the 12 Patriots footballs used in the game were actually within normal pressure ranges under the Ideal gas law.
Tom Brady was 43 years old when he won Super Bowl LV with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, making him the oldest Super Bowl MVP in NFL history. He was also the only player to win Super Bowl MVP with two different franchises.
In 2024, Tom Brady became the lead color commentator for the NFL on Fox and became a partial owner of the Las Vegas Raiders. He had retired briefly in February 2022 before returning for the 2022 season, then retired again following that season.