Drew Christopher Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He is regarded as one of the best passers in NFL history. Brees was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. 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. He led the Saints to their first-ever Super Bowl in Super Bowl XLIV.
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Drew Christopher Brees (born January 15, 1979) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He is regarded as one of the best passers in NFL history. Brees was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. 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. He led the Saints to their first-ever Super Bowl in Super Bowl XLIV and helped the team to a 31–17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. 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. In 2012, he broke Johnny Unitas’s long-standing record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass. 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, and was the Offensive Player of The Year in 2008 and 2011. Sports Illustrated named Brees its 2010 Sportsman of the year. His mother was a former all-state in three sports in high school; his father played basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies men’s basketball team. His maternal uncle, Marty Akins, was an All-American starting quarterback for. the Texas Longhorns college football team from 1975 to 1977 and his maternal grandfather had the third-most victories as a Texas high school football coach in his three decades at Gregory-Portland High School.
His younger brother was an outfielder for the Baylor Bears baseball team, which made the 2005 College World Series and now resides in Colorado, where he works in sales. He also has a younger half-sister, Audrey, from their father’s remarriage to Amy Hightower, daughter of the late U.S. Representative Jack English Hightowers. He was named after Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson but in a 2014 interview Brees said this story was “just legend” He was given honorable mention in the USA Today high school all-star football game alongside Dominic Abilene Cooper, Dominic Rhodes, and Dominic Rhodes-Cooper in the 1996 state championship football game. In high school, he was a varsity letterman in baseball, basketball and football and was considering playing college baseball rather than football. After blowing out his knee in the 11th grade, he led the Austin Westlake High School football team to the 16–0 record in 1996 and led the state championship championship in 1996. After his junior year he was selected as a Most Valuable Player in Texas High School Football. He started for two seasons and beat Dominic Rhodes Cooper 55–15 in the state title game. He played for the Purdue University football team in 1997 and 1998 and was an honorable mention All-USA high school team in 1999 and 2000.
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