He also holds the record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass, breaking the record held by Johnny Unitas for 52 years.īrees played college football at Purdue University, where he set the Big Ten Conference records for completions, attempts, and yards. A member of the New Orleans Saints for most of his career, Brees is second in career passing yards, career touchdown passes, career pass attempts, career pass completions, and career completion percentage. Most touchdown passes in a game: 7 (tied)ĭrew Christopher Brees ( / b r iː z/ born January 15, 1979) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 20 seasons.Highest completion percentage in a game: 96.7%.Highest completion percentage in a season: 74.4%.Most consecutive games with a touchdown pass: 54.2× Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (1998, 2000).Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year (2010).Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2006).2× NFL Offensive Player of the Year (2008, 2011).“I love the game and I’m going to be involved in the game somehow,” Brees said. Saints Sean Payton and quarterback Drew Brees before a game against the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium on Nov. Payton officially retired from the Saints at the end of the 2021 season. When asked if he would join a potential Sean Payton-led staff as a quarterbacks coach, Brees said “that’s not the lifestyle looking for.”īrees played under Payton for 15 seasons with the Saints and they won a Super Bowl together in 2010. I want to see their games… Look, it’s the same thing for coaching.” “The reason I didn’t do that this year was simply because it was taking away all my weekends and my kids are at an age now where I want to be with them. It will help me down the road, whether I choose to do that again or something else, so I appreciated that experience,” Brees said. I felt like I developed a great skillset. I definitely have a respect for the guys that are in those positions and the guys that really do it the right way, you know the preparation that goes into that.” “But it is definitely a commitment, and it takes more time than you think. “I’m not sure exactly what Tom is signed up to do, I know what’s been announced,” Brees said of Brady’ $375 million contract with Fox. He was a studio and game analyst for NBC Sports for one season before he and the network mutually parted ways, as reported by The Post’s Andrew Marchand in May.
“If you’re gonna do it right, you’re gonna spend the same amount of preparation in preparing to broadcast the game, to do a three-hour production, as you would to play the game,” Brees said during an appearance on “ The Dan Patrick Show” on Thursday.īrees made a similar move to NBC when he retired after the 2020 season. The Buccaneers quarterback will join Fox Sports as its lead analyst, calling the NFL’s biggest games, whenever he decides to hang up his jersey for good. New Jersey stops Citrus Bowl bets over NFL legend’s sportsbook partnershipĭrew Brees blasted by lightning-strike survivors for ‘disgusting’ adĭrew Brees’ lightning strike clean up is super cringeįormer Saints quarterback Drew Brees revealed how grueling the schedule of an NFL broadcaster can be while discussing Tom Brady’s eventual move to Fox Sports. Drew Brees-Citrus Bowl mess the latest warning of sport betting shadiness
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