Highlights of Drew Brees's football career

Drew Christopher Brees is among the most prolific passers in NFL history. In high school, he was a Texas state champion, a Super Bowl champion with the New Orleans Saints, and a Rose bowl performer at Purdue. He recently retired from a 20-year-long and glorious football career. Let's look over how it all started.

• Drew Brees was born in Dallas, Texas, on January 15, 1979. As an American gridiron football quarterback, he made several passing and single-season records.
• He was a part of the New Orleans Saints for most of his career. Furthermore, he's the second in NFL career passing completion percentage, career passing yards, career touchdown passes, career pass completions, and career pass attempts.
• He also set the record for consecutive games with a touchdown.

Here are ten major highlights from his football career.

Undefeated high school season

Drew Brees led Austin Westlake to an undefeated Texas state football championship. He passed 3,528 yards and 31 touchdowns during his senior year. As a starting quarterback, he was 28-0-1. He had impressive seasons throughout his high school football career. After that, he went on to Purdue.

Purdue to the Rose Bowl

Since the 1996 season, the Boilermakers had their first appearance in the premiere bowl in the 2000 season, led by Brees. Brees scored 23 out of the 39 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns as Purdue fell 34-29 to Washington. He played for three bowls with Purdue.

Purdue career passing records

With 1,062 completions in 1,678 attempts for 11,792 yards along with 90 touchdowns, Brees has the Purdue career record. He was also chosen as the Big Ten Offensive Player of the year in the years 1998 and 2000. Furthermore, he won the Maxwell Award in the year 2000.

First NFL touchdown pass

Brees was San Diego Chargers’ first pick for the second round of the 2001 NFL draft. He replaced Doug Flutie against the Kansas City Chiefs and appeared in his first game for that season. His first NFL touchdown pass for 20 yards went to Freddie Jones.

5,000 yards in a season

Drew Brees became the second person to pass 5,000 yards in a year after Dan Marino in 1984. It was in the year 2008 when he passed for 5,069 yards in the season. He also threw 34 touchdowns and averaged 316.8 yards per game.

New Orleans Super Bowl Title

In the Super Bowl XLIV, the Saints won the Lombardi Trophy. It was a 31-17 victory against the Indianapolis Colts. Brees led 17 out of the 31 passes for 197 yards and scored three touchdowns. He also went to earn the MVP for the game.

Career-high seven touchdowns

Brees passed seven touchdowns and 505 yards during the mid-season match against the New York Giants in 2015. It was a career-high touchdown record for Brees.

Career passing yardage record

Brees went on to become NFL's career passing yardage leader in 2018. He completed 80,358 yards and eclipsed Payton Manning's 71,940 yards.

Leading a playoff comeback

In a divisional round-off game against the Philadelphia Eagles, the Eagles were in a 14-0 lead within the first ten minutes. However, Brees responded and completed 28 of the 38 passes for 301 yards and two touchdowns, leading to a 20-14 win.

Career touchdown passes

During the late 2019 season against Indianapolis Colts, Brees led to his 540th career passing touchdown. He surpassed Payton Manning's record and held it until coming into 2020. He is in the second rank for career passing touchdowns at 571.

Brees's career is an inspiration for young football players aspiring to achieve their heights. His love for sports and football came from a young age, and even after two decades, he still is part of the game. He went on as an analyst for NBC and continued his love for football.

FAQs

Q1: What is the career touchdown passes record for Drew Brees?

Ans: Drew's career touchdown record stands at 571. He is in the second spot for the highest touchdown passes.

Q2: When did he start playing football?

Ans: Drew was on the flag football team at the St. Andrew's Episcopal School. He did not play tackle football until high school.

Q3: When did he become the Super Bowl MVP?

Ans: Drew became the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player in the XLIV season.

Q4: When did Drew Brees retire from football?

Ans: Drew announced retirement from football on March 14, 2021. It went into effect three months later.

Q5: Which teams did Drew play for during his career history?

Ans: He played for San Diego Chargers (2001-2005) and New Orleans Saints (2006-2020).

Q6: What position did Drew play at?

Ans: Drew played as the quarterback during his football career.