The New Orleans Saints fell to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-20 in the Super Dome in the divisional playoff round- and it may be the end of Drew Brees’ career. Brees did not make any announcement after the game, but many are predicting it to come shortly after the season ends. Drew Brees is likely to retire this offseason.
This final game isn’t how he’ll be remembered. Brees put up some unbelievable numbers throughout the course of his career. He ranks number one in passing yards all-time with 80,358. He is first all-time in pass completions with 7,142. He is also second all-time in both completion percentage, which he has a composite 67.7% rate for his career, and for passing touchdowns, which he has 571 of in the course of his career.
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Brees also has the most 5,000 yard seasons, most pass completions in a season, and most consecutive games with a touchdown pass. Drew Brees is mostly known for his accuracy. Brees has the highest single-season completion percentage in NFL history at 74.4%.
It Is Time To Be Proud of Drew Brees
Both on and off the field he has set an example that is nothing less than incredible. He started his own charity, which continues to make the world a better place. The Dream Foundation partnered with Operation Kids after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. His foundation has donated over $33 Million to various charities. Most recently, Brees and his family donated $5 million to help with ongoing covid family relief.
Brees was named the Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2006 due to his efforts following hurricane Katrina. His foundations worked to rebuild schools and athletic facilities in New Orleans as well as provide after-school mentor programs for children with learning needs. Brees has also been a part of other campaigns, including raising awareness on gay teen suicides, and he helped with recovery for the BP Oil Spill.
Texas High School Football Superstar
After moving to the Austin area, Brees did not play tackle football until high school and was on the flag football team at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School. In high school, he was a varsity letterman in baseball, basketball, and football,[15] and was considering playing college baseball rather than football. College recruiters quickly ran after Brees blew out his knee in the 11th grade. After overcoming the ACL tear, he was selected as Texas High School 5A Most Valuable Offensive Player in 1996 and led the Austin Westlake High School football team to a 16–0 record and a state championship.
As a high school football player, Brees completed 314 of 490 passes (64.1 percent) for 5,461 yards with 50 touchdowns, including in his senior season, 211 of 333 passes (63.4 percent) for 3,528 yards with 31 touchdowns. When Brees started for two seasons, Westlake went 28–0–1 and beat a Dominic Rhodes-led Abilene Cooper 55–15 in the 1996 title game. He was given honorable mention in the state high school all-star football team and the USA Today All-USA high school football team. Brees had hoped to follow in his father’s and uncle’s footsteps and play for the Texas Longhorns or Texas A&M Aggies, but was not heavily recruited despite his stellar record.
NCAA Record Setting Quarterback
Brees had a successful college football career at Purdue University, becoming one of the most decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten Conference history. Brees set two NCAA records, 13 Big Ten Conference records, and 19 Purdue University records during his college career. He remains the Big Ten record-holder in several passing categories, including completions (1,026), attempts (1,678), and yards (11,792). Brees is regarded as one of the best passers in NFL history and has been hailed as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
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Brees was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. Brees earned the starting job with the Chargers in 2002 and made the Pro Bowl in 2004. Nine months after suffering a dislocation in his right shoulder joint and a tear of the labrum and rotator cuff, Brees signed with the Saints as a free agent in 2006, where he has played since. He experienced immediate success in New Orleans, leading the Saints to their first-ever Super Bowl in Super Bowl XLIV and helping the team to a 31–17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
Brees Changes The New Orleans Saints Forever
The first-ballot Hall of Fame made his mark on the world in New Orleans. Before Brees’ arrival, the New Orleans Saints had but one playoff win in five appearances since 1967. Since Drew Brees arrived, the Saints have been to the playoffs nine times, culminating with a Super Bowl victory in the 2009 season. The value of going from the bottom to the top for an organization known for failure cannot be overstated.
Since joining the Saints, Brees has led all NFL quarterbacks in touchdowns, passing yards, and 300-yard games. As of the end of Week 10 of the 2020 NFL season, Brees holds the NFL records for career pass completions, career completion percentage, and career passing yards. He is also second in career touchdown passes, second in career pass attempts, third in regular season career passer rating and fourth in postseason career passer rating. In 2012, he broke Johnny Unitas’s long-standing record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass.
What a night for #NFL legend and New Orleans #Saints QB Drew Brees. He finished 29/30 passing for 307 yards with 4 passing TDs and 0 INTs for a 148.9 passer rating
The 96.7 percent completion is a new single-game record as well (min. 25 attempts) pic.twitter.com/pucOIHvlv0
— Gabriel Schray (@schrayguy) December 17, 2019
He has led the NFL in passing yards a record seven times and in passing touchdowns a record-tying four times. Brees has made the Pro Bowl 13 times, was the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, was the Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 and 2011, and was the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV. Sports Illustrated named Brees its 2010 Sportsman of the Year.
In 2009 Drew Brees and the Saints won the Super Bowl. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 31–17 in Super Bowl XLIV on February 7th, 2010. Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 pass completions and won the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award. He threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns. It was the first league championship in Saints franchise history. Brees was named the 2010 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year, both for his winning the Super Bowl and his charitable work towards the reconstruction of New Orleans.
Here's a look in the Superdome from the Checkdown. This is right after New Orleans #Saints QB Drew Brees broke the #NFL TD record
https://t.co/Awfcg6jv6k— Gabriel Schray (@schrayguy) December 17, 2019
Hats off to one of the finest athletes to ever play of the game of football. Brees is one of my personal idols, and one of my childhood heroes. I will truly miss watching him play.
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