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class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%93%9C%EB%A3%A8_%EB%B8%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4" title="드루 브리스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="드루 브리스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96" title="דרו בריז – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דרו בריז" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr%C5%AB_Br%C4%ABss" title="Drū Brīss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Drū Brīss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3" title="دريو بريس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="دريو بريس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Drew 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data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81,_%D0%94%D1%80%D1%8E" title="Брис, Дрю – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Брис, Дрю" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81" title="Дру Брис – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Дру Брис" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drew_Brees" title="Drew Brees – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Drew Brees" data-language-autonym="Svenska" 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American football player and television analyst (born 1979)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Brees" redirects here. For the surname, including a list people with the name, see <a href="/wiki/Brees_(surname)" title="Brees (surname)">Brees (surname)</a>.</div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American football player</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">Quarterback</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1979-01-15) January 15, 1979 (age 46) <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">209 lb (95 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Westlake_High_School_(Texas)" title="Westlake High School (Texas)">Westlake</a> (<a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue</a> (1997–2000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_draft" title="2001 NFL draft">2001</a> / round: 2 / pick: 32</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">As a player:</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> (<a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a>–<a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006</a>–<a href="/wiki/2020_NFL_season" title="2020 NFL season">2020</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 0;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">As a coach:</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> 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href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated_Sportsman_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year">SI Sportsperson of the Year</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell_Award" title="Bert Bell Award">Bert Bell Award</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Halas_Award" title="George Halas Award">George Halas Award</a> (2007)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton_NFL_Man_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year">Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Award" title="Maxwell Award">Maxwell Award</a> (2000)</li> <li>2× Third-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1999_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1999 College Football All-America Team">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="2000 College Football All-America Team">2000</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten Most Valuable Player">Big Ten Most Valuable Player</a> (2000)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year">Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year</a> (1998,<a href="#cite_note-2">[a]</a> 2000)</li> <li>2× First-team <a href="/wiki/List_of_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_teams" title="List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams">All-Big Ten</a> (<a href="/wiki/1999_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_team" title="1999 All-Big Ten Conference football team">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_team" title="2000 All-Big Ten Conference football team">2000</a>)</li> <li>Second-team All-Big Ten (<a href="/wiki/1998_All-Big_Ten_Conference_football_team" title="1998 All-Big Ten Conference football team">1998</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt>NFL records</dt></dl> <ul><li>Highest completion percentage in a season: 74.4% (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_quarterbacks_with_seven_touchdown_passes_in_a_game" title="List of NFL quarterbacks with seven touchdown passes in a game">Most passing touchdowns in a game</a>: 7 (tied)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most_consecutive_games_with_touchdown_passes_in_the_NFL" title="List of most consecutive games with touchdown passes in the NFL">Most consecutive games with a touchdown pass</a>: 54</li> <li>Most career <a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_quarterbacks_with_5,000_passing_yards_in_a_season" title="List of NFL quarterbacks with 5,000 passing yards in a season">5,000 yards seasons</a>: 5<a href="#cite_note-Most_5000_Yard_Passing_Seasons-3">[2]</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Passing attempts:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">10,551</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Passing completions:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">7,142</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Completion percentage:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">67.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">TD</a>–<a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">INT</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">571–243</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Passing yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">80,358</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Passer_rating" title="Passer rating">Passer rating</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">98.7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Rushing yards:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">752</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;">Rushing touchdowns:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">25</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BreeDr00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> Drew Christopher Brees (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/briːz/</a>; born January 15, 1979) is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> <a href="/wiki/Quarterback" title="Quarterback">quarterback</a> who played in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) for 20 seasons.<a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a> A member of the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> for most of his career, Brees is second all-time in <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_career_passing_yards_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League career passing yards leaders">career passing yards</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_career_passing_touchdowns_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League career passing touchdowns leaders">career touchdown passes</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_career_passing_completions_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League career passing completions leaders">career pass completions</a>, and career completion percentage.<a href="#cite_note-5">[4]</a> Brees also holds the record of <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_consecutive_games_with_touchdown_passes_in_the_National_Football_League#All-time_consecutive_games_with_at_least_one_touchdown_pass" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most consecutive games with touchdown passes in the National Football League">consecutive games with a touchdown pass</a>, with 54 games, breaking the record held by <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Johnny Unitas</a> for 52 years. He is regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.<a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[7]</a> Brees played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Purdue Boilermakers</a>, where he set the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> records for completions, attempts, and yards. Due to questions over his height and arm strength, he was not selected until the second round of the <a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_draft" title="2001 NFL draft">2001 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a>. Brees initially struggled before having a breakout season in 2004, earning him <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> and <a href="/wiki/NFL_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award">Comeback Player of the Year</a> honors. Re-signed to a one-year contract, Brees suffered a potentially career-ending injury the following season, which resulted in the Chargers allowing him to leave in free agency. Joining the Saints, he brought new success to a franchise that had only seven winning seasons, five playoff appearances, and one postseason win during the 39 years prior to his arrival. From 2006 to 2020, Brees led the Saints to seven division titles (including four consecutive from 2017 to 2020), nine playoff appearances, nine playoff wins, three <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_Game" title="NFC Championship Game">NFC Championship Game</a> appearances, and the franchise's first title in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIV" title="Super Bowl XLIV">Super Bowl XLIV</a>, earning him the game's <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">MVP award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a> By the conclusion of his 15 seasons in New Orleans, Brees had extended his total Pro Bowl selections to 13 and was twice named <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award">Offensive Player of the Year</a>. He also <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_annual_passing_yards_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League annual passing yards leaders">led the NFL in passing yards</a> a record seven times. Brees retired after the 2020 season and spent the following year as an analyst on <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sunday_Night_Football" title="NBC Sunday Night Football">NBC Sunday Night Football</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Bumbaca-10">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-LeavesNBC-11">[10]</a> He returned to Purdue as an interim assistant football coach in 2022.<a href="#cite_note-12">[11]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> Brees was born on January 15, 1979<a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dallas,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas, Texas">Dallas, Texas</a>, to Eugene Wilson "Chip" Brees II, a prominent trial lawyer, and Mina Ruth (née Akins; died 2009), an attorney. His grandfather fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa" title="Battle of Okinawa">Battle of Okinawa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-14">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-15">[14]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> article stated he was named for <a href="/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys" title="Dallas Cowboys">Dallas Cowboys</a> wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Drew_Pearson_(American_football)" title="Drew Pearson (American football)">Drew Pearson</a><a href="#cite_note-SI1999-16">[15]</a> but in a 2014 interview Brees said this story was "just legend".<a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a> He has a younger brother, Reid (born 1981). When Brees was seven, his parents divorced and shared custody of the boys, who split their time between both parents' homes. Today, he admits that it was a very tough and challenging life after the divorce; however, Brees and his younger brother, Reid, supported each other and became very close.<a href="#cite_note-LaydenT-18">[17]</a> They have a younger half-sister, Audrey, from their father's remarriage to Amy Hightower, daughter of the late U.S. Representative (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">D</a>-<a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">TX</a>) <a href="/wiki/Jack_English_Hightower" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack English Hightower">Jack English Hightower</a>.<a href="#cite_note-SI2010-19">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-TXMonthly-20">[19]</a> Brees was raised <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>.<a href="#cite_note-SportsSpectrum2017-21">[20]</a> Both of Brees's parents had athletic backgrounds. His father played basketball at <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M" class="mw-redirect" title="Texas A&M">Texas A&M</a>, and his mother was a former all-state athlete in three sports in high school.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a><a href="#cite_note-purdue1999-23">[22]</a> His maternal uncle, <a href="/wiki/Marty_Akins" title="Marty Akins">Marty Akins</a>, was an All-American starting quarterback for the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas Longhorns</a> college football team from 1972 to 1975,<a href="#cite_note-TXMonthly-20">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-ABC2010-24">[23]</a> and his maternal grandfather, Ray Akins, had the third-most victories as a Texas high school <a href="/wiki/Coach_(American_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Coach (American football)">football coach</a>, in his three decades at <a href="/wiki/Gregory-Portland_High_School" title="Gregory-Portland High School">Gregory-Portland High School</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Saints-25">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> His younger brother, Reid, was an <a href="/wiki/Outfielder" title="Outfielder">outfielder</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Baylor_Bears_baseball" title="Baylor Bears baseball">Baylor Bears baseball team</a>, which made the <a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_baseball_tournament#College_World_Series" title="2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament">2005 College World Series</a>; Reid now resides in <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, where he works in sales.<a href="#cite_note-ABC2010-24">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-28">[27]</a> After moving to the Austin area, Brees did not play tackle football until high school and was on the <a href="/wiki/Flag_football" title="Flag football">flag football</a> team at <a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Episcopal_School_(Austin,_Texas)" title="St. Andrew's Episcopal School (Austin, Texas)">St. Andrew's Episcopal School</a>, where his teammates included actor <a href="/wiki/Ben_McKenzie" title="Ben McKenzie">Ben McKenzie</a>, who was in the same year. In high school, he was a <a href="/wiki/Varsity_letter" title="Varsity letter">varsity letterman</a> in baseball, basketball, and football,<a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-29">[28]</a> and was considering playing <a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">college baseball</a> rather than football.<a href="#cite_note-BaltimoreSun-30">[29]</a> College recruiters quickly ran after Brees blew out his knee in the 11th grade.<a href="#cite_note-LaydenT-18">[17]</a> After overcoming the <a href="/wiki/Anterior_cruciate_ligament_injury" title="Anterior cruciate ligament injury">ACL tear</a>, he was selected as Texas High School 5A Most Valuable Offensive Player in 1996 and led the <a href="/wiki/Westlake_High_School_(Austin,_Texas)" class="mw-redirect" title="Westlake High School (Austin, Texas)">Austin Westlake High School</a> football team to a 16–0 record and a state championship.<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a><a href="#cite_note-TXMonthly-20">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> 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.<a href="#cite_note-Purdue-33">[32]</a> When Brees started for two seasons, Westlake went 28–0–1 and beat a <a href="/wiki/Dominic_Rhodes" title="Dominic Rhodes">Dominic Rhodes</a>-led <a href="/wiki/Cooper_High_School_(Abilene,_Texas)" title="Cooper High School (Abilene, Texas)">Abilene Cooper</a> 55–15 in the 1996 title game.<a href="#cite_note-Saints-25">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-Purdue-33">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-UIL-34">[33]</a> He was given honorable mention in the state high school all-star football team and the <a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a> <a href="/wiki/USA_Today_All-USA_high_school_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="USA Today All-USA high school football team">All-USA high school football team</a>,<a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a> alongside former <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> teammate and longtime friend <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">LaDainian Tomlinson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-SI2010-19">[18]</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> Brees had hoped to follow in his father's and uncle's footsteps and play for the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns" title="Texas Longhorns">Texas Longhorns</a> or <a href="/wiki/Texas_A%26M_Aggies" title="Texas A&M Aggies">Texas A&M Aggies</a>, but was not heavily recruited despite his stellar record.<a href="#cite_note-TXMonthly-20">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-statesman2013-37">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_career">College career</h2></div> Brees received offers from only two colleges, <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University" title="Purdue University">Purdue</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Kentucky" title="University of Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, choosing Purdue for its highly rated academics.<a href="#cite_note-purdue1999-23">[22]</a> He graduated in 2001 with a degree in <a href="/wiki/Industrial_management" title="Industrial management">industrial management</a>,<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> and is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Sigma_Chi" title="Sigma Chi">Sigma Chi</a> fraternity.<a href="#cite_note-39">[38]</a> After a relatively uneventful freshman season, Brees was given his first start during his sophomore year by <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Boilermakers</a> head coach <a href="/wiki/Joe_Tiller" title="Joe Tiller">Joe Tiller</a> and became an integral part of Tiller and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Chaney" title="Jim Chaney">Jim Chaney</a>'s unorthodox "basketball on grass" <a href="/wiki/Spread_offense" title="Spread offense">spread offense</a>, serving as offensive captain during his junior and senior years.<a href="#cite_note-Tiller-40">[39]</a><a href="#cite_note-bio-41">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a> In the 1998 season, in a game against <a href="/wiki/1998_Wisconsin_Badgers_football_team" title="1998 Wisconsin Badgers football team">Wisconsin</a>, Brees tied an NCAA single-game record with 55 completions and set the NCAA record for pass attempts in a single game with 83. He finished 31–24 loss with 494 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions.<a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a> He had the option to make himself available for the <a href="/wiki/2000_NFL_draft" title="2000 NFL draft">2000 NFL draft</a> but chose to return for his senior year to complete his studies.<a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a> In <a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="2000 NCAA Division I-A football season">2000</a>, he led the <a href="/wiki/Purdue_Boilermakers_football" title="Purdue Boilermakers football">Boilermakers</a> to memorable last-minute upsets against top-ranked <a href="/wiki/2000_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team" title="2000 Ohio State Buckeyes football team">Ohio State</a><a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> and <a href="/wiki/2000_Michigan_Wolverines_football_team" title="2000 Michigan Wolverines football team">Michigan</a> en route to the Boilermakers' first <a href="/wiki/List_of_Big_Ten_Conference_football_champions" title="List of Big Ten Conference football champions">Big Ten championship</a> (shared with <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northwestern_Wildcats_football" title="Northwestern Wildcats football">Northwestern</a>) since 1967.<a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a> The Ohio State game was replayed on <a href="/wiki/ESPN_Classic" title="ESPN Classic">ESPN Classic</a> and is widely remembered for Brees's four <a href="/wiki/Interception" title="Interception">interceptions</a> and 64-yard touchdown pass to Seth Morales with 1:55 remaining to seal a vital 31–27 win, prompting commentator <a href="/wiki/Brent_Musburger" title="Brent Musburger">Brent Musburger</a> to exclaim "Holy Toledo!" and a post-game <a href="/wiki/Pitch_invasion" title="Pitch invasion">field rush</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> Brees helped lead Purdue to a #9 ranking in the AP Poll, the program's highest spot since the 1980 season, during the year.<a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a> Due to head-to-head victories over Michigan and Northwestern, Purdue won the invitation to the <a href="/wiki/2001_Rose_Bowl" title="2001 Rose Bowl">2001 Rose Bowl</a>, which was the school's first appearance there since 1967.<a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a> Brees was a finalist for the <a href="/wiki/Davey_O%27Brien_Award" title="Davey O'Brien Award">Davey O'Brien Award</a> as the nation's best quarterback in 1999.<a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> He won the <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Award" title="Maxwell Award">Maxwell Award</a> as the nation's outstanding player of 2000<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Today%27s_Top_10_Award" title="Today's Top 10 Award">Today's Top VIII Award</a> as a member of the Class of 2001.<a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a> Brees was also fourth in <a href="/wiki/Heisman_Trophy" title="Heisman Trophy">Heisman Trophy</a> voting in 1999 and third in 2000.<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> As a senior, Brees became the first Boilermaker since Bruce Brineman in 1989 to earn <a href="/wiki/List_of_Football_Academic_All-America_Team_Members_of_the_Year" title="List of Football Academic All-America Team Members of the Year">Academic All-America</a> honors.<a href="#cite_note-57">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-grad2001-58">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> Additionally, he won Academic All-Big Ten honors a record three times,<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> was initiated into <a href="/wiki/Mortar_Board" title="Mortar Board">Mortar Board</a><a href="#cite_note-grad2001-58">[57]</a> and awarded the <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Medal_of_Honor" title="Big Ten Medal of Honor">Big Ten Medal of Honor</a><a href="#cite_note-62">[61]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Foundation" title="National Football Foundation">NFF</a> National Scholar-Athlete Award.<a href="#cite_note-NFF-63">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a> Brees also was awarded Purdue's Leonard Wilson Award for unselfishness and dedication.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> In his college career, Brees set two NCAA records, 13 <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a> records, and 19 Purdue University records.<a href="#cite_note-purduesports.com-66">[65]</a> He left Purdue with Big Ten Conference records in passing yards (11,792),<a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-29">[28]</a> <a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">touchdown</a> passes (90), total offensive yards (12,693), completions (1,026), and attempts (1,678).<a href="#cite_note-Tiller-40">[39]</a> He tied an NCAA record with the 99-yard pass to receiver <a href="/wiki/Vinny_Sutherland" title="Vinny Sutherland">Vinny Sutherland</a> against <a href="/wiki/1999_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="1999 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern</a> on September 25, 1999, and held the NCAA record for pass attempts in a game (83) for 15 years, until <a href="/wiki/2013_Washington_State_Cougars_football_team" title="2013 Washington State Cougars football team">Washington State</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Connor_Halliday" title="Connor Halliday">Connor Halliday</a> broke it in October 2013.<a href="#cite_note-67">[66]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> In 2009, Brees was inducted into Purdue's Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame.<a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference" title="Big Ten Conference">Big Ten Conference</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_football_individual_awards#Griese–Brees_Quarterback_of_the_Year" title="Big Ten Conference football individual awards">Griese–Brees Quarterback of the Year</a> award initiated in 2011 was named in his and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Bob Griese</a>'s honor.<a href="#cite_note-70">[69]</a> He was named the Big Ten's best quarterback of the 1990s<a href="#cite_note-71">[70]</a> and ranked number 48 on the 2010 documentary <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Icons" title="Big Ten Icons">Big Ten Icons</a>, featuring the conference's top fifty student-athletes.<a href="#cite_note-72">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-73">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-74">[73]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="College_statistics">College statistics</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th rowspan="2">GP </th> <th colspan="6">Passing </th></tr> <tr> <th>Cmp</th> <th>Att</th> <th>Pct</th> <th>Yds</th> <th>TD</th> <th>Int </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1997_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1997 NCAA Division I-A football season">1997</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1997_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1997 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> </th> <td>8</td> <td>19</td> <td>43</td> <td>44.2</td> <td>232</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1998 NCAA Division I-A football season">1998</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1998_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1998 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> </th> <td>13</td> <td>361</td> <td>569</td> <td>63.4</td> <td>3,983</td> <td>39</td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="1999 NCAA Division I-A football season">1999</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="1999 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> </th> <td>12</td> <td>337</td> <td>554</td> <td>60.8</td> <td>3,909</td> <td>25</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2000_NCAA_Division_I-A_football_season" title="2000 NCAA Division I-A football season">2000</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2000_Purdue_Boilermakers_football_team" title="2000 Purdue Boilermakers football team">Purdue</a> </th> <td>12</td> <td>309</td> <td>512</td> <td>60.4</td> <td>3,668</td> <td>26</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/drew-brees-1.html">Total</a></th> <th>45</th> <th>1,026</th> <th>1,678</th> <th>61.1</th> <th>11,792</th> <th>90</th> <th>45 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h2></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Pre-draft measurables </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Height</th> <th>Weight</th> <th>Arm length</th> <th>Hand span</th> <th><a href="/wiki/40-yard_dash" title="40-yard dash">40-yard dash</a></th> <th>10-yard split</th> <th>20-yard split</th> <th><a href="/wiki/20-yard_shuttle" class="mw-redirect" title="20-yard shuttle">20-yard shuttle</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Three-cone_drill" title="Three-cone drill">Three-cone drill</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Vertical_jump" title="Vertical jump">Vertical jump</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Standing_long_jump" title="Standing long jump">Broad jump</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Wonderlic" class="mw-redirect" title="Wonderlic">Wonderlic</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>6 ft 0+1⁄4 in (1.84 m) </td> <td>213 lb (97 kg) </td> <td>31 in (0.79 m) </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m)</td> <td>4.83 s</td> <td>1.66 s</td> <td>2.75 s</td> <td>4.21 s</td> <td>7.09 s</td> <td>32 in (0.81 m)</td> <td>8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)</td> <td>28 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13">All values from <a href="/wiki/NFL_Combine" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Combine">NFL Combine</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="San_Diego_Chargers_(2001–2005)">San Diego Chargers (2001–2005)</h3></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2001_NFL_Draft">2001 NFL Draft</h4></div> Brees's college success led to projections that he would be a mid–late first-round draft pick in the <a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_draft" title="2001 NFL draft">2001 NFL draft</a>,<a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> but he slipped due to concerns about his relatively short stature for a professional quarterback (6'0), a perceived lack of arm strength, and a sense that he had succeeded in college in a spread offense. Brees was the second quarterback selected in the 2001 NFL Draft behind <a href="/wiki/Michael_Vick" title="Michael Vick">Michael Vick</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_Hokies_football" title="Virginia Tech Hokies football">Virginia Tech</a>.<a href="#cite_note-77">[76]</a> He was chosen by the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> with the first pick of the second round with the 32nd overall pick.<a href="#cite_note-AP2001-78">[77]</a> San Diego originally had the first pick in that draft, but traded it to <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Falcons" title="Atlanta Falcons">Atlanta</a> (who drafted Vick) in return for the fifth pick of the first round with which San Diego drafted <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">LaDainian Tomlinson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-AP2001-78">[77]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Early_career">Early career</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2001_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2001 San Diego Chargers season">2001 San Diego Chargers season</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2002 San Diego Chargers season">2002 San Diego Chargers season</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2003_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2003 San Diego Chargers season">2003 San Diego Chargers season</a></div> In his rookie season, Brees was the backup quarterback to <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Doug Flutie</a>, who started all 16 games that season.<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> Brees played in his first professional game on November 4, 2001, against the <a href="/wiki/2001_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="2001 Kansas City Chiefs season">Kansas City Chiefs</a> in Week 8. He came into the game to relieve Flutie, who had suffered a concussion.<a href="#cite_note-80">[79]</a> He finished with 221 passing yards and his first career passing touchdown, a 20-yard pass to <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Jones_(American_football)" title="Freddie Jones (American football)">Freddie Jones</a>.<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a> The game against the Chiefs was Brees's lone appearance as a rookie.<a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a> On August 19, 2002, Brees was named the starter for the <a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002 season</a> over Doug Flutie.<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> He started all 16 games for the Chargers. The season started off well for the Chargers with a 6–1 start, but faded down the stretch with a 2–7 record over the last nine games to finish 8–8.<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a> He finished the 2002 season with 3,284 passing yards, 17 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions.<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> In Week 4 of the 2003 season, Brees recorded a 21-yard touchdown reception on a pass thrown by LaDainian Tomlinson in the 34–31 overtime loss to the <a href="/wiki/2003_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="2003 Oakland Raiders season">Oakland Raiders</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a> After a disappointing 1–7 start to the <a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_season" title="2003 NFL season">2003 season</a>, Brees was replaced by Flutie, though he regained the job by Week 15.<a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[87]</a> In 11 games, he finished with 2,108 passing yards, 11 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions.<a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2004_season">2004 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2004_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2004 San Diego Chargers season">2004 San Diego Chargers season</a></div> Brees's career with the Chargers was in jeopardy after San Diego <a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_Draft#Notes" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 NFL Draft">acquired</a> <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Wolfpack_football" class="mw-redirect" title="North Carolina State Wolfpack football">NC State's</a> <a href="/wiki/Philip_Rivers" title="Philip Rivers">Philip Rivers</a> after the <a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_draft" title="2004 NFL draft">2004 NFL draft</a>.<a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a> With a looming quarterback controversy, he performed well through training camp and the preseason, while Rivers held out during training camp, essentially guaranteeing Brees the job to begin the season with Rivers as his backup.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[91]</a> Brees remained the starter throughout the <a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_season" title="2004 NFL season">2004 season</a>, where he started 15 games and led the team to a 12–4 regular season record.<a href="#cite_note-93">[92]</a> In Week 8, against the <a href="/wiki/2004_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="2004 Oakland Raiders season">Oakland Raiders</a>, he was 22 of 25 for 281 yards and five touchdowns in the 42–14 victory to earn his first AFC Offensive Player of the Week honor.<a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> Brees posted spectacular numbers, completing 65.5% of his passes for 3,159 yards, with 27 touchdowns to only seven interceptions, giving him a 104.8 <a href="/wiki/Passer_rating" title="Passer rating">passer rating</a>.<a href="#cite_note-96">[95]</a> The Chargers won the <a href="/wiki/AFC_West" title="AFC West">AFC West</a> for the first time in ten seasons and Brees was selected to the <a href="/wiki/2004_Pro_Bowl" title="2004 Pro Bowl">2004 Pro Bowl</a>.<a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a><a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a> He was named 2004 <a href="/wiki/NFL_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Comeback Player of the Year">NFL Comeback Player of the Year</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NFL_playoffs#AFC:_New_York_Jets_20,_San_Diego_Chargers_17_(OT)" title="2004–05 NFL playoffs">Wild Card Round</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2004_New_York_Jets_season" title="2004 New York Jets season">New York Jets</a>, Brees had 319 passing yards, two passing touchdowns, and one interception in the 20–17 overtime loss.<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2005_season">2005 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2005_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2005 San Diego Chargers season">2005 San Diego Chargers season</a></div> Brees became a free agent after the 2004 season and was not expected to return to San Diego, which had already committed a large sum of money to Rivers. The team eventually designated Brees a <a href="/wiki/Franchise_tag" title="Franchise tag">franchise player</a>, giving him a one-year contract that quadrupled his pay to $8 million for 2005. Under the terms of the franchise player contract, Brees was eligible to be traded or to sign with another team, but the Chargers would receive two future first-round draft choices in return. He was not traded and continued as the starting quarterback for the remainder of the 2005 season.<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> After a 1–2 start, Brees helped lead a 41–17 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2005_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2005 New England Patriots season">New England Patriots</a>. He was 19 of 24 for 248 passing yards and two touchdowns and earned AFC Offensive Player of the Week for the effort.<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a><a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> He posted a career-high in passing yards with 3,576. Brees also posted an 89.2 rating, 10th best in the NFL.<a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> However, in the last game of the 2005 season against the <a href="/wiki/2005_Denver_Broncos_season" title="2005 Denver Broncos season">Denver Broncos</a>, Brees tore his <a href="/wiki/Glenoidal_labrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenoidal labrum">labrum</a> while trying to pick up his own fumble after being hit by Broncos <a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_football_position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American football position)">safety</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(American_football)" title="John Lynch (American football)">John Lynch</a>.<a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a> Denver tackle <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Warren" title="Gerard Warren">Gerard Warren</a> hit Brees while he was on the ground, causing the injury.<a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a> Brees underwent <a href="/wiki/Arthroscopic_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthroscopic surgery">arthroscopic surgery</a>, performed by <a href="/wiki/James_Andrews_(physician)" title="James Andrews (physician)">Dr. James Andrews</a>, to repair the torn labrum in his right (throwing) shoulder on January 5, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a> Subsequent reports mentioned additional partial <a href="/wiki/Rotator_cuff" title="Rotator cuff">rotator cuff</a> damage and he also was treated by Dr. Saby Szajowitz to recover and regain muscle movement.<a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[110]</a> After the season, the Chargers offered Brees a five-year, $50 million contract that paid $2 million in base salary the first year and the rest heavily based on performance incentives.<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Orleans_Saints_(2006–2020)">New Orleans Saints (2006–2020)</h3></div> After the Chargers refused to increase their offer, Brees met with other teams. The <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> were interested in Brees.<a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> New Orleans made an offer that included $10 million in guaranteed money the first year and a $12 million option the second year. Miami was unsure whether Brees' shoulder was completely healed and doctors suggested the team should not sign him because of the injury.<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> The Dolphins ended negotiations and traded for <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings" title="Minnesota Vikings">Minnesota Vikings</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Daunte_Culpepper" title="Daunte Culpepper">Daunte Culpepper</a> instead.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> Brees signed a six-year, $60 million deal with the Saints on March 14, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-117">[116]</a> The Dolphins' decision to not sign Brees was the reason why Nick Saban resigned and left for Alabama.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006_season">2006 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2006_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2006 New Orleans Saints season">2006 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> Brees had a productive first year with the Saints. The team, under first-year head coach <a href="/wiki/Sean_Payton" title="Sean Payton">Sean Payton</a>, rebounded from its disastrous <a href="/wiki/2005_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2005 New Orleans Saints season">2005 season</a>, when the team was <a href="/wiki/Effect_of_Hurricane_Katrina_on_the_New_Orleans_Saints" title="Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the New Orleans Saints">unable to play in New Orleans</a> due to the <a href="/wiki/Effect_of_Hurricane_Katrina_on_the_Louisiana_Superdome" title="Effect of Hurricane Katrina on the Louisiana Superdome">damage</a> caused by <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> and struggled to a 3–13 record, to finish with a 10–6 regular season record and won the NFC South division title. The Saints also earned the NFC's second seed as well as a first-round bye.<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> On November 5, in the 31–14 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2006_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a>, he had 314 passing yards and three touchdowns to earn his first NFC Offensive Player of the Week honor.<a href="#cite_note-121">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a> On November 19, in a 31–16 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2006_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="2006 Cincinnati Bengals season">Cincinnati Bengals</a>, he threw for a career-high 510 passing yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions.<a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> Brees's 510 passing yards marked a single-game franchise record and was the sixth most for a single game in NFL history at the time.<a href="#cite_note-singlegame-124">[123]</a> In Week 14, a 42–17 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2006_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="2006 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a>, he had 384 passing yards and five touchdowns to earn his second NFC Offensive Player of the Week award in 2006.<a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> Brees threw a league-leading and franchise record 4,418 passing yards, finished third in the league with 26 touchdown passes and 11 interceptions, and had a 96.2 passer rating.<a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a> Brees was named starting quarterback for the NFC in the <a href="/wiki/2007_Pro_Bowl" title="2007 Pro Bowl">2007 Pro Bowl</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a> and was named as a First-team All-Pro.<a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> On January 5, 2007, Brees was named first runner-up behind former teammate Tomlinson for league MVP by the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>.<a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a> Brees and Tomlinson were co-recipients of the <a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton_NFL_Man_of_the_Year_Award" title="Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award">Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a> On January 13, 2007, in his first playoff game for New Orleans, Brees was 20–of–32 in passing attempts with one touchdown and no interceptions against the <a href="/wiki/2006_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2006 Philadelphia Eagles season">Philadelphia Eagles</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_Orleans_Saints_27,_Philadelphia_Eagles_24" title="2006–07 NFL playoffs">Divisional Round</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Superdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz Superdome">Louisiana Superdome</a>.<a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a> The Saints held on to win 27–24, and advanced to the franchise's first <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_Game" title="NFC Championship Game">NFC Championship Game</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2006_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2006 Chicago Bears season">Chicago Bears</a>. Though he completed 27 of 49 passes for 354 yards and two touchdowns, Brees committed three costly turnovers, and was penalized for an intentional grounding in the endzone, resulting in a <a href="/wiki/Safety_(American_football_score)" class="mw-redirect" title="Safety (American football score)">safety</a>, as the Saints lost in the <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NFL_playoffs#NFC_Championship:_Chicago_Bears_39,_New_Orleans_Saints_14" title="2006–07 NFL playoffs">NFC Championship</a> by a score of 39–14.<a href="#cite_note-134">[133]</a> Brees dislocated his left elbow during the first quarter of the Pro Bowl.<a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2007_season">2007 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2007_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2007 New Orleans Saints season">2007 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> Brees's second season with the Saints started rough with a 0–4 start, with three losses by the Saints in that stretch by at least 17 points.<a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> However, the Saints started a winning streak after Week 5. In Week 8, a 31–10 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2007_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="2007 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco 49ers</a>, he had 336 passing yards and four touchdowns to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week.<a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a><a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> After the next game, a 41–24 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2007_Jacksonville_Jaguars_season" title="2007 Jacksonville Jaguars season">Jacksonville Jaguars</a>, the Saints were back at .500 with a 4–4 record.<a href="#cite_note-141">[140]</a> In Week 15, a 31–24 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2007_Arizona_Cardinals_season" title="2007 Arizona Cardinals season">Arizona Cardinals</a>, he had 315 passing yards and two touchdowns to earn another NFC Offensive Player of the Week nod in 2007.<a href="#cite_note-142">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[142]</a> In Week 17, against the <a href="/wiki/2007_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2007 Chicago Bears season">Chicago Bears</a>, Brees tied <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Brooks_(American_football)" title="Aaron Brooks (American football)">Aaron Brooks</a>'s franchise record for pass attempts in a single game with 60 in the 33–25 loss.<a href="#cite_note-144">[143]</a><a href="#cite_note-attempts-145">[144]</a> Overall, in the <a href="/wiki/2007_NFL_season" title="2007 NFL season">2007 season</a>, Brees passed for 4,423 yards, topped his own record and tied a then franchise record with 28 touchdowns.<a href="#cite_note-146">[145]</a> He also set the NFL record previously held by <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gannon" title="Rich Gannon">Rich Gannon</a> for pass completions in a single season with 440.<a href="#cite_note-147">[146]</a> However, the Saints missed the playoffs with a 7–9 record.<a href="#cite_note-148">[147]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008_season">2008 season</h4></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drew_Brees_Saints_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Drew_Brees_Saints_2008.jpg/220px-Drew_Brees_Saints_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Drew_Brees_Saints_2008.jpg/330px-Drew_Brees_Saints_2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Drew_Brees_Saints_2008.jpg/440px-Drew_Brees_Saints_2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1218" data-file-height="1302" /></a><figcaption>Brees in 2008 at <a href="/wiki/FedExField" class="mw-redirect" title="FedExField">Fedex Field</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2008_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2008 New Orleans Saints season">2008 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> In 2008, the Saints again missed the playoffs but Brees had a strong year statistically, finishing 15 yards short of the NFL record for passing yards thrown in a single season set by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Dan Marino</a> in 1984.<a href="#cite_note-149">[148]</a> In Week 3, against the <a href="/wiki/2008_Denver_Broncos_season" title="2008 Denver Broncos season">Denver Broncos</a>, Brees set a single-game franchise record for pass completions with 39 in the 34–32 loss.<a href="#cite_note-passcompletions-150">[149]</a> He passed for 421 yards and a passing touchdown in the loss.<a href="#cite_note-151">[150]</a> Brees earned NFC Offensive Player of the Month for September, going over 300 passing yards and having a passer rating over 110 in three of the four games.<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> In Week 6, a 34–3 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2008_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="2008 Oakland Raiders season">Oakland Raiders</a>, he was 26 of 30 for 320 yards and three touchdowns to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week.<a href="#cite_note-153">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[153]</a> In Week 8, a 37–32 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2008_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2008 San Diego Chargers season">San Diego Chargers</a>, he had 339 passing yards and three touchdowns to earn another NFC Offensive Player of the Week nod.<a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a> In Week 12, a 51–29 win over the <a href="/wiki/2008_Green_Bay_Packers_season" title="2008 Green Bay Packers season">Green Bay Packers</a>, he had 323 passing yards and four touchdowns to earn his third NFC Offensive Player of the Week honor in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-157">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-158">[157]</a> He finished the season with 5,069 yards and became the second quarterback in NFL history to throw for over 5,000 yards in a season.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-160">[159]</a><a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a> He passed for 300 yards ten times during the 2008 season, tying <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gannon" title="Rich Gannon">Rich Gannon</a>'s 2002 record.<a href="#cite_note-162">[161]</a> He was named <a href="/wiki/FedEx_Air_%26_Ground_NFL_Players_of_the_Week" title="FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week">FedEx Air Player of the Week</a> for his performances during Weeks 8 and 12 and was named the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">AP</a> 2008 Offensive Player of the Year.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> He was named to his third career Pro Bowl for his 2008 season.<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> Brees started to serve on the executive committee of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Players_Association" title="National Football League Players Association">National Football League Players Association</a> this season.<a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a> He remained on the committee through the 2014 season.<a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2009_season:_Super_Bowl_XLIV">2009 season: Super Bowl XLIV</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2009_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2009 New Orleans Saints season">2009 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drew_Brees_after_winning_Super_Bowl_XLIV_Jan._7th,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Drew_Brees_after_winning_Super_Bowl_XLIV_Jan._7th%2C_2010.jpg/220px-Drew_Brees_after_winning_Super_Bowl_XLIV_Jan._7th%2C_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Drew_Brees_after_winning_Super_Bowl_XLIV_Jan._7th%2C_2010.jpg/330px-Drew_Brees_after_winning_Super_Bowl_XLIV_Jan._7th%2C_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Drew_Brees_after_winning_Super_Bowl_XLIV_Jan._7th%2C_2010.jpg/440px-Drew_Brees_after_winning_Super_Bowl_XLIV_Jan._7th%2C_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Brees celebrating the Super Bowl win with his son Baylen</figcaption></figure> In the first game of the <a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_season" title="2009 NFL season">2009 season</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2009_Detroit_Lions_season" title="2009 Detroit Lions season">Detroit Lions</a>, Brees set a career-high and franchise-tying record with six touchdown passes, going 26 out of 34 for 358 yards. He earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Lions.<a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> The next week, Brees led the Saints to a 48–22 win over the <a href="/wiki/2009_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2009 Philadelphia Eagles season">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, throwing for 311 yards and three touchdown passes.<a href="#cite_note-170">[169]</a> Brees also tied the record for most touchdown passes by the end of Week 2 with nine touchdowns.<a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a> Following Week 3, Brees was named NFC Offensive Player of the Month for September.<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a> In Week 6, against the 5–0 <a href="/wiki/2009_New_York_Giants_season" title="2009 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a>, Brees completed 23 of 30 passes for 369 yards, four touchdown passes, and a passer rating of 156.8 in a dominant 48–27 victory to his second NFC Offensive Player of the Week nod of the season.<a href="#cite_note-173">[172]</a><a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> In Week 7, Brees led a dramatic comeback victory on the road against the <a href="/wiki/2009_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="2009 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins</a>, 46–34. The <a href="/wiki/2009_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2009 New Orleans Saints season">Saints</a> quickly faced a 24–3 deficit in the second quarter, trailing for the first time all season at that point, and failing to score on their first possession as they had in all of their previous contests. Brees had a poor outing, but provided two crucial rushing touchdowns, one just before halftime to narrow the deficit to 24–10, and one in the third quarter to give the Saints their first lead of the game, 37–34.<a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a> The 21-point comeback tied for the largest in franchise history.<a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a> The next week, Brees threw for 308 yards on 25 of 33 passing along with two touchdowns and one interception in leading the Saints to a 35–27 victory and franchise tying best start at 7–0 against the rival <a href="/wiki/2009_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2009 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a>.<a href="#cite_note-177">[176]</a> In week 9, Brees helped guide the team to a 30–20 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2009_Carolina_Panthers_season" title="2009 Carolina Panthers season">Carolina Panthers</a>. This was Brees's first victory over the Carolina Panthers in the Superdome and gave the Saints their best start in franchise history at 8–0.<a href="#cite_note-178">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-179">[178]</a> In Week 12, Brees led the Saints to an 11–0 record, defeating the <a href="/wiki/2009_New_England_Patriots_season" title="2009 New England Patriots season">New England Patriots</a> 38–17 on <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a>. Brees totaled 371 yards passing, posting a <a href="/wiki/Perfect_passer_rating" class="mw-redirect" title="Perfect passer rating">perfect passer rating</a> of 158.3, and became the first player to throw for five touchdowns against a team coached by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Belichick" title="Bill Belichick">Bill Belichick</a>.<a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a> He earned his third NFC Offensive Player of the Week nod for the 2009 season.<a href="#cite_note-181">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-182">[181]</a> After close victories over the <a href="/wiki/2009_Washington_Redskins_season" title="2009 Washington Redskins season">Washington Redskins</a> and Falcons in successive weeks to start 13–0, Brees and the Saints lost for the first time that season to the <a href="/wiki/2009_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="2009 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a>, 24–17, after <a href="/wiki/DeMarcus_Ware" title="DeMarcus Ware">DeMarcus Ware</a> caused a Brees fumble in the final seconds, ending a fourth quarter rally.<a href="#cite_note-183">[182]</a> The Saints lost their last two games, with Brees sitting out the Week 17 finale against the Carolina Panthers.<a href="#cite_note-184">[183]</a> Their 13–3 record secured the #1 seed in the NFC.<a href="#cite_note-185">[184]</a> The 13 regular season victories set a single-season franchise record for the Saints.<a href="#cite_note-186">[185]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drew_Brees_at_Saints_Super_Bowl_parade_2010-02-09.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Drew_Brees_at_Saints_Super_Bowl_parade_2010-02-09.jpg/220px-Drew_Brees_at_Saints_Super_Bowl_parade_2010-02-09.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Drew_Brees_at_Saints_Super_Bowl_parade_2010-02-09.jpg/330px-Drew_Brees_at_Saints_Super_Bowl_parade_2010-02-09.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Drew_Brees_at_Saints_Super_Bowl_parade_2010-02-09.jpg/440px-Drew_Brees_at_Saints_Super_Bowl_parade_2010-02-09.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1184" data-file-height="1774" /></a><figcaption>Brees at the Saints <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIV" title="Super Bowl XLIV">Super Bowl XLIV</a> victory parade. </figcaption></figure> Brees's individual statistics led to numerous accolades,<a href="#cite_note-187">[186]</a> including a <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> selection, the <a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Football_Club" title="Maxwell Football Club">Maxwell Football Club</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell_Award" title="Bert Bell Award">Bert Bell Award</a>, and runner-up in voting for the AP <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award">Offensive Player of the Year</a>, and First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> awards.<a href="#cite_note-188">[187]</a><a href="#cite_note-189">[188]</a> He finished the season with a completion percentage of 70.62, establishing a new NFL record.<a href="#cite_note-190">[189]</a><a href="#cite_note-191">[190]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_Orleans_Saints_45,_Arizona_Cardinals_14" title="2009–10 NFL playoffs">Divisional Round</a>, Brees recorded 247 passing yards and three touchdowns as the Saints routed the <a href="/wiki/2009_Arizona_Cardinals_season" title="2009 Arizona Cardinals season">Arizona Cardinals</a> 45–14. In the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_Orleans_Saints_31,_Minnesota_Vikings_28_(OT)" title="2009–10 NFL playoffs">NFC Championship</a>, The Saints defeated the <a href="/wiki/2009_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="2009 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a> 31–28 in overtime to help the Saints advance to their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history.<a href="#cite_note-192">[191]</a> Brees completed 17 of 31 passes for 197 yards and three touchdowns.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-193">[192]</a> The Saints defeated the <a href="/wiki/2009_Indianapolis_Colts_season" title="2009 Indianapolis Colts season">Indianapolis Colts</a> 31–17 in <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIV" title="Super Bowl XLIV">Super Bowl XLIV</a> on February 7, 2010.<a href="#cite_note-194">[193]</a> Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 pass completions and won the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award</a>.<a href="#cite_note-195">[194]</a> He threw for 288 yards and two touchdowns.<a href="#cite_note-196">[195]</a> It was the first league championship in Saints franchise history.<a href="#cite_note-197">[196]</a> Brees was named the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> Sportsman of the Year, both for his winning the Super Bowl and his charitable work towards the reconstruction of New Orleans.<a href="#cite_note-SOY-198">[197]</a> On December 17, 2010, he was named AP Male Athlete of the Year. Within four short years after joining the Saints, Brees was more accurate in his throws than any of the Saints' past quarterbacks.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-193">[192]</a> Brees and his teammates were welcomed back to New Orleans with a blues band along with thousands of celebrating fans.<a href="#cite_note-Jenkins-193">[192]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2010_season">2010 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2010_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2010 New Orleans Saints season">2010 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> In the 2010 regular season, Brees passed for over 300 yards seven times and helped lead the Saints to a six-game winning streak late in the season.<a href="#cite_note-199">[198]</a> The Saints qualified for the playoffs with a 11–5 record, but were eliminated in the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Seattle_Seahawks_41,_New_Orleans_Saints_36" title="2010–11 NFL playoffs">Wild Card Round</a> by the <a href="/wiki/2010_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2010 Seattle Seahawks season">Seattle Seahawks</a> by a score of 41–36 in the <a href="/wiki/Beast_Quake" title="Beast Quake">Beast Quake</a> game.<a href="#cite_note-200">[199]</a> Brees finished with 404 passing yards and two passing touchdowns in the loss.<a href="#cite_note-201">[200]</a> Brees was selected to his fifth Pro Bowl-fourth with the Saints.<a href="#cite_note-202">[201]</a> Brees had a less successful season statistically, throwing a career-high 22 interceptions, tying the franchise record held by Aaron Brooks, although he managed to throw for 4,620 yards and 33 touchdowns.<a href="#cite_note-203">[202]</a><a href="#cite_note-204">[203]</a> He was ranked ninth on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2011" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2011">NFL Top 100 Players of 2011</a> players' list.<a href="#cite_note-205">[204]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2011_season">2011 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2011_New_Orleans_Saints_season#Individual_Records_Set_or_Tied" title="2011 New Orleans Saints season">2011 New Orleans Saints season § Individual Records Set or Tied</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drew_Brees_running_Saints_practice_at_Tulane_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Drew_Brees_running_Saints_practice_at_Tulane_%281%29.jpg/220px-Drew_Brees_running_Saints_practice_at_Tulane_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Drew_Brees_running_Saints_practice_at_Tulane_%281%29.jpg/330px-Drew_Brees_running_Saints_practice_at_Tulane_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Drew_Brees_running_Saints_practice_at_Tulane_%281%29.jpg/440px-Drew_Brees_running_Saints_practice_at_Tulane_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="814" data-file-height="1085" /></a><figcaption>Brees practicing with the Saints in 2011. </figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/2011_NFL_season" title="2011 NFL season">2011 season</a> was a record-breaking season for Brees as he led the NFL in completion percentage, passing yards and passing touchdowns, which is known as the "Triple Crown".<a href="#cite_note-206">[205]</a> He broke <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Dan Marino</a>'s 27-year-old record for most passing yards in one season (5,084) in the 15th game of the season (week 16) against the <a href="/wiki/2011_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2011 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a> at home in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Superdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz Superdome">Mercedes-Benz Superdome</a> with a touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a>. Brees also set a new Saints franchise record for passing touchdowns in a season with 46.<a href="#cite_note-207">[206]</a> In Week 2, during the Saints' home-opener, Brees defeated the <a href="/wiki/2011_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2011 Chicago Bears season">Chicago Bears</a> for the first time in his career as a starting quarterback, leaving the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Ravens" title="Baltimore Ravens">Baltimore Ravens</a> as the only remaining NFL team which Brees had never beaten to that point.<a href="#cite_note-208">[207]</a> On October 23, in a 62–7 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2011_Indianapolis_Colts_season" title="2011 Indianapolis Colts season">Indianapolis Colts</a>, he was 31 of 35 for 325 passing yards and five touchdowns.<a href="#cite_note-209">[208]</a> He earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Colts.<a href="#cite_note-210">[209]</a> On November 28, a Week 12 49–24 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2011_New_York_Giants_season" title="2011 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a>, he had 363 passing yards and four touchdowns to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week.<a href="#cite_note-211">[210]</a><a href="#cite_note-212">[211]</a> In a home game on December 4 against the <a href="/wiki/2011_Detroit_Lions_season" title="2011 Detroit Lions season">Detroit Lions</a>, Brees passed for 342 yards.<a href="#cite_note-213">[212]</a> Brees's performance gave him 4,031 yards on the season, making him the first quarterback in NFL history to eclipse the 4,000-yard mark in the first 12 games of a season, and the first quarterback to reach four consecutive seasons with 4,000+ yards and 30+ <a href="/wiki/Touchdown_pass" title="Touchdown pass">touchdown passes</a>. In Week 15, against the <a href="/wiki/2011_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="2011 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a>, Brees threw for 412 yards with five passing touchdowns. With that game, Brees became the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for five touchdowns, 400+ yards, while also maintaining a completion percentage of 80%, in a game.<a href="#cite_note-214">[213]</a><a href="#cite_note-215">[214]</a> In Week 16, against the <a href="/wiki/2011_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2011 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_Superdome" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercedes-Benz Superdome">Mercedes-Benz Superdome</a>, Brees broke Dan Marino's longstanding record of passing yards in a single season of 5,084 with a nine-yard touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sproles" title="Darren Sproles">Darren Sproles</a> with just under three minutes left in the fourth quarter of the game. He needed 305 yards to break the record entering the game and exceeded that mark with 307. He ended the game having thrown for 5,087 total passing yards for the regular season with one game remaining. With his second-quarter, eight-yard touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a>, Brees extended his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 42 games. Marino congratulated Brees via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> after the game, saying "Congrats to @drewbrees. Great job by such a special player." Brees responded by tweeting, "Thanks to @DanMarino for his class and support during this run. It is an honor to attempt to follow the example he set for us all."<a href="#cite_note-216">[215]</a><a href="#cite_note-217">[216]</a> He earned his third and final NFC Offensive Player of the Week honor for the 2011 season with his performance against the Falcons.<a href="#cite_note-218">[217]</a> In Week 17, against the <a href="/wiki/2011_Carolina_Panthers_season" title="2011 Carolina Panthers season">Carolina Panthers</a>, Brees closed out the season by setting six NFL records, finishing the year with 468 completions for 5,476 yards, edging out <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_England_Patriots" title="New England Patriots">New England Patriots</a>, who also surpassed Marino's record with 5,235 yards.<a href="#cite_note-219">[218]</a> He earned NFC Offensive Player of the Month for December to close out the season.<a href="#cite_note-220">[219]</a> Brees averaged 342.25 yards passing per game, which broke <a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Dan Fouts</a>'s record of 320.3 in a strike-shortened <a href="/wiki/1982_NFL_season" title="1982 NFL season">1982</a> season.<a href="#cite_note-221">[220]</a><a href="#cite_note-222">[221]</a> In 2013, <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a> bested Brees's record by one passing yard, and finished the season with an NFL-record 5,477 passing yards, averaging 342.31 yards per game.<a href="#cite_note-223">[222]</a> In the NFC <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_Orleans_Saints_45,_Detroit_Lions_28" title="2011–12 NFL playoffs">Wild Card Round</a>, Brees passed for 466 yards and three passing touchdowns as the Saints defeated the <a href="/wiki/2011_Detroit_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a> by a score of 45–28.<a href="#cite_note-224">[223]</a> At the time, Brees's 466 passing yards marked the second-most in a playoff game in NFL history.<a href="#cite_note-225">[224]</a> He did set the NFL record for passing yards in a regulation playoff game.<a href="#cite_note-226">[225]</a> However, Brees and the Saints lost in the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_San_Francisco_49ers_36,_New_Orleans_Saints_32" title="2011–12 NFL playoffs">Divisional Round</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2011_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="2011 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco 49ers</a> by a score of 36–32 in a back-and-forth contest.<a href="#cite_note-227">[226]</a> In the loss, Brees passed for 462 passing yards, four passing touchdowns, and two interceptions.<a href="#cite_note-228">[227]</a> He was named to his sixth career Pro Bowl.<a href="#cite_note-229">[228]</a> He was ranked as the second-best player in the league by his peers on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2012" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2012">NFL Top 100 Players of 2012</a>.<a href="#cite_note-230">[229]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012_season">2012 season</h4></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brees_2013_Pro_Bowl_Cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Brees_2013_Pro_Bowl_Cropped.jpg/220px-Brees_2013_Pro_Bowl_Cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="305" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Brees_2013_Pro_Bowl_Cropped.jpg/330px-Brees_2013_Pro_Bowl_Cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Brees_2013_Pro_Bowl_Cropped.jpg/440px-Brees_2013_Pro_Bowl_Cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2045" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption>Brees at the <a href="/wiki/2013_Pro_Bowl" title="2013 Pro Bowl">2013 Pro Bowl</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2012 New Orleans Saints season">2012 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> On July 13, the Saints and Brees agreed to a five-year, $100 million contract. The contract included the largest amount of guaranteed money in NFL history, at $60 million. $40 million of the contract was paid the first year.<a href="#cite_note-231">[230]</a> Due to the year-long suspension of head coach Sean Payton as a result of <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints_bounty_scandal" title="New Orleans Saints bounty scandal">Bountygate</a>, Brees entered the season with a temporary head coach in the form of offensive line coach <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Kromer" title="Aaron Kromer">Aaron Kromer</a>, who was the Saints' coach for the first six games of the season while planned interim coach <a href="/wiki/Joe_Vitt" title="Joe Vitt">Joe Vitt</a> was serving a suspension of his own.<a href="#cite_note-232">[231]</a><a href="#cite_note-233">[232]</a> After Week 8, Vitt took over head coaching responsibilities for the rest of the 2012 season.<a href="#cite_note-234">[233]</a> Brees and the Saints started the season with a 0–4 record.<a href="#cite_note-235">[234]</a> One highlight in that losing streak was in Week 4, when he passed for 446 yards and three touchdowns in a 28–27 loss to the <a href="/wiki/2012_Green_Bay_Packers" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 Green Bay Packers">Green Bay Packers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-236">[235]</a> In Week 5, Brees threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/Devery_Henderson" title="Devery Henderson">Devery Henderson</a> against his former team, the <a href="/wiki/2012_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2012 San Diego Chargers season">San Diego Chargers</a>. This was his 48th consecutive game with a touchdown pass. With that touchdown pass, Brees broke <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Johnny Unitas</a>'s consecutive game streak with at least one touchdown pass, and Unitas' son Joe was present at the Superdome to witness his father's 52-year-old record being broken.<a href="#cite_note-237">[236]</a> <a href="/wiki/Sean_Payton" title="Sean Payton">Sean Payton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Vitt" title="Joe Vitt">Joe Vitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Loomis" title="Mickey Loomis">Mickey Loomis</a>, who were all serving suspensions due to the "<a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints_bounty_scandal" title="New Orleans Saints bounty scandal">Bountygate</a>" scandal, were granted permission to watch the Week 5 game against the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Chargers" title="San Diego Chargers">San Diego Chargers</a> due to Brees potentially breaking Unitas' record.<a href="#cite_note-238">[237]</a> Brees earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his 370-yard, four-touchdown, and one-interception effort against the Chargers.<a href="#cite_note-239">[238]</a><a href="#cite_note-240">[239]</a> Without their head coach, the Saints had lost their first four games but ended the losing streak with a 31–24 win over the Chargers.<a href="#cite_note-241">[240]</a> In the Week 13 game against the <a href="/wiki/2012_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2012 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a>, Brees threw no touchdowns and a career-high five interceptions, ending his consecutive game streak with at least one touchdown pass at 54.<a href="#cite_note-242">[241]</a> In Week 14, against the <a href="/wiki/2012_New_York_Giants" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 New York Giants">New York Giants</a>, Brees threw for 354 yards, giving him his seventh straight 4,000-yard passing season, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a>'s mark.<a href="#cite_note-243">[242]</a> It was also his fifth straight season with at least 30 touchdown passes and 4,000 yards passing, also an NFL record. Brees finished the 2012 season with 5,177 passing yards and 43 touchdowns despite having the worst defensive support in the NFL, whose 7,042 yards conceded was an all-time NFL record, and the team finished the season with a 7–9 record and missed the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-244">[243]</a><a href="#cite_note-245">[244]</a> For the seventh time, Brees was selected to the <a href="/wiki/2013_Pro_Bowl" title="2013 Pro Bowl">2013 Pro Bowl</a>, this time as an injury replacement for <a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffin_III" title="Robert Griffin III">Robert Griffin III</a>.<a href="#cite_note-246">[245]</a><a href="#cite_note-247">[246]</a> He was ranked 11th by his peers on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2013" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2013">NFL Top 100 Players of 2013</a>.<a href="#cite_note-248">[247]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Orleans_Saints_Quarterback,_Drew_Brees_(23262414434)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/New_Orleans_Saints_Quarterback%2C_Drew_Brees_%2823262414434%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-New_Orleans_Saints_Quarterback%2C_Drew_Brees_%2823262414434%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/New_Orleans_Saints_Quarterback%2C_Drew_Brees_%2823262414434%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-New_Orleans_Saints_Quarterback%2C_Drew_Brees_%2823262414434%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/New_Orleans_Saints_Quarterback%2C_Drew_Brees_%2823262414434%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-New_Orleans_Saints_Quarterback%2C_Drew_Brees_%2823262414434%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1850" data-file-height="2465" /></a><figcaption>Brees in 2013.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2013_season">2013 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2013_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2013 New Orleans Saints season">2013 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> Brees and the Saints started the 2013 season with a 5–0 record.<a href="#cite_note-249">[248]</a> In that stretch was a Week 4 38–17 home victory over the <a href="/wiki/2013_Miami_Dolphins_season" title="2013 Miami Dolphins season">Miami Dolphins</a>, where he had 413 passing yards and four touchdowns to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week.<a href="#cite_note-250">[249]</a><a href="#cite_note-251">[250]</a> In Week 10, a 49–17 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2013_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="2013 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a>, he had 392 passing yards and four touchdowns to earn another NFC Offensive Player of the Week honor.<a href="#cite_note-252">[251]</a><a href="#cite_note-253">[252]</a> In Week 12, Brees passed <a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Warren Moon</a> for fifth on the career passing yards list with 49,566.<a href="#cite_note-254">[253]</a> During Week 14, Brees became the fastest player ever to join the 50,000-yard club and only the fifth player to do so.<a href="#cite_note-255">[254]</a> He did it in 183 games, passing the 50,000 milestone on a pass to <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Graham" title="Jimmy Graham">Jimmy Graham</a> in the fourth quarter of a 31–13 Saints win over the <a href="/wiki/2013_Carolina_Panthers_season" title="2013 Carolina Panthers season">Carolina Panthers</a> on December 8, in which he threw four touchdowns.<a href="#cite_note-256">[255]</a> In Week 17, a 42–17 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2013_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="2013 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a>, he had 381 passing yards and four touchdowns to earn his third NFC Offensive Player of the Week nod for the 2013 season.<a href="#cite_note-257">[256]</a><a href="#cite_note-258">[257]</a> Brees also extended his NFL record to a sixth straight season of at least 30 touchdown passes with 4,000 passing yards, his third straight 5,000-yard season, and his eighth straight 4,000-yard season.<a href="#cite_note-259">[258]</a> For his successful performance in 2013, he was named to his eighth career Pro Bowl.<a href="#cite_note-260">[259]</a> The Saints finished with an 11–5 record and narrowly defeated the <a href="/wiki/2013_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2013 Philadelphia Eagles season">Philadelphia Eagles</a> 26–24 in the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_Orleans_Saints_26,_Philadelphia_Eagles_24" title="2013–14 NFL playoffs">Wild Card Round</a>, but lost 23–15 to the <a href="/wiki/2013_Seattle_Seahawks_season" title="2013 Seattle Seahawks season">Seattle Seahawks</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Seattle_Seahawks_23,_New_Orleans_Saints_15" title="2013–14 NFL playoffs">Divisional Round</a>, who went on to win <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVIII" title="Super Bowl XLVIII">Super Bowl XLVIII</a>.<a href="#cite_note-261">[260]</a><a href="#cite_note-262">[261]</a><a href="#cite_note-263">[262]</a> He finished ranked sixth by his fellow players on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2014" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2014">NFL Top 100 Players of 2014</a>.<a href="#cite_note-264">[263]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014_season">2014 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2014_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2014 New Orleans Saints season">2014 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> Brees admits that the 2014 season was his "most frustrating".<a href="#cite_note-King-265">[264]</a> The Saints finished with a 7–9 record and missed the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-266">[265]</a> Brees' 2014 season began with a pair of games lost on game-ending field goals by the other team; in Week 1, the Saints lost 37–34 on the road to the <a href="/wiki/2014_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2014 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a> in overtime and in Week 2, in a 26–24 road loss to the <a href="/wiki/2014_Cleveland_Browns_season" title="2014 Cleveland Browns season">Cleveland Browns</a>, he moved into fourth place on the <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_passing_yardage_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League passing yardage leaders">career passing yardage</a> list, ahead of <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">John Elway</a>.<a href="#cite_note-267">[266]</a><a href="#cite_note-268">[267]</a><a href="#cite_note-269">[268]</a> On October 19, in a road game against the <a href="/wiki/2014_Detroit_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Detroit Lions">Detroit Lions</a>, Brees became the NFL's all-time leader in completion percentage at 66.21%, surpassing <a href="/wiki/Chad_Pennington" title="Chad Pennington">Chad Pennington</a>.<a href="#cite_note-270">[269]</a> On November 30, in a Week 13 35–32 road victory over the <a href="/wiki/2014_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season" title="2014 Pittsburgh Steelers season">Pittsburgh Steelers</a>, he had 257 passing yards and five touchdowns to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week, which was the 20th time in his career he has earned the award over his career in both the AFC with the Chargers and the NFC with the Saints.<a href="#cite_note-271">[270]</a><a href="#cite_note-272">[271]</a> In a Week 15 road game against the <a href="/wiki/2014_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2014 Chicago Bears season">Chicago Bears</a>, he extended his streak to an NFL-record seventh straight season with at least 30 touchdown passes and nine straight seasons of 4,000 passing yards. However his streak of 5,000 passing yard seasons ended at three, as he passed for 4,952 yards, which was good enough to tie him with Steelers quarterback <a href="/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger" title="Ben Roethlisberger">Ben Roethlisberger</a> for the most passing yards in the league that season. The occurrence marked the first time in NFL history that two players tied for the passing yards lead.<a href="#cite_note-273">[272]</a><a href="#cite_note-274">[273]</a> He was named to his seventh consecutive and ninth career Pro Bowl.<a href="#cite_note-275">[274]</a> He was ranked 30th by his fellow players on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2015" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2015">NFL Top 100 Players of 2015</a>.<a href="#cite_note-276">[275]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drew_Brees_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Drew_Brees_2015.jpg/220px-Drew_Brees_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Drew_Brees_2015.jpg/330px-Drew_Brees_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Drew_Brees_2015.jpg/440px-Drew_Brees_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1896" data-file-height="2934" /></a><figcaption>Brees in 2015 at <a href="/wiki/Fedex_Field" class="mw-redirect" title="Fedex Field">Fedex Field</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015_season">2015 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2015_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2015 New Orleans Saints season">2015 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> Brees and the Saints started the 2015 season with an 0–3 start with two of the losses being by one possession. On October 4, 2015, in Week 4, his 80-yard touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/C._J._Spiller" title="C. J. Spiller">C. J. Spiller</a> on the second play of overtime gave the Saints a 26–20 victory over the <a href="/wiki/2015_Dallas_Cowboys_season" title="2015 Dallas Cowboys season">Dallas Cowboys</a>, and the team's first win of the season.<a href="#cite_note-277">[276]</a> He earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his effort against the Cowboys.<a href="#cite_note-278">[277]</a><a href="#cite_note-279">[278]</a> The touchdown gave Brees 400 for his career, making him the fifth player in NFL history to reach the 400 touchdown milestone. Also, he became the fastest player ever to reach 400 touchdowns, doing so in 205 games.<a href="#cite_note-280">[279]</a> Brees also completed his 5,000th pass with a touchdown to tight end <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hill_(American_football)" title="Josh Hill (American football)">Josh Hill</a>.<a href="#cite_note-281">[280]</a><a href="#cite_note-282">[281]</a> It was the quickest regular season overtime win in the history of the NFL at 13 seconds.<a href="#cite_note-283">[282]</a> On November 1, 2015, Brees tied the NFL record of <a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_quarterbacks_with_seven_touchdown_passes_in_a_game" title="List of NFL quarterbacks with seven touchdown passes in a game">touchdown passes in a game</a> with seven during a 52–49 Saints win over the <a href="/wiki/2015_New_York_Giants_season" title="2015 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a>.<a href="#cite_note-284">[283]</a> In that game, he completed 39-of-50 passes for 505 yards to record his second career game with at least 500 passing yards.<a href="#cite_note-285">[284]</a> He became the second player in NFL history to have multiple 500-yard passing games.<a href="#cite_note-286">[285]</a> He earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his historic performance against the New York Giants.<a href="#cite_note-287">[286]</a> In Week 12, his streak of 45 consecutive games with a touchdown pass ended in a 24–6 loss at <a href="/wiki/2015_Houston_Texans_season" title="2015 Houston Texans season">Houston</a>.<a href="#cite_note-288">[287]</a> Two weeks later, he surpassed <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Dan Marino</a> for fourth in career touchdown passes as the Saints beat the <a href="/wiki/2015_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="2015 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> by a score of 24–17.<a href="#cite_note-289">[288]</a> In Week 15, he became the fourth quarterback to reach the 60,000-yard milestone—in 215 games, the fastest ever—and had his 10th straight 4,000-yard season, plus his 94th 300-yard game, but the <a href="/wiki/2015_Detroit_Lions_season" title="2015 Detroit Lions season">Detroit Lions</a> won 35–27. This put him first in most 300-yard games as Brees and <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a> had been tied at 93 games prior to that game.<a href="#cite_note-290">[289]</a> A week later, his streak was extended to an eighth straight season with at least 30 touchdown passes, plus his 95th 300-yarder, all NFL records, against the <a href="/wiki/2015_Jacksonville_Jaguars_season" title="2015 Jacksonville Jaguars season">Jacksonville Jaguars</a>.<a href="#cite_note-291">[290]</a> With a Week 17 win over the <a href="/wiki/2015_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2015 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a>, Brees finished the season with four straight 300-yard games, for a career record total of 96, and a season total 4,870 yards passing, leading the league in passing yards for a record sixth time despite missing one game due to an injury.<a href="#cite_note-292">[291]</a> Despite the accomplishments on the field, the Saints finished with a 7–9 record and missed the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-293">[292]</a> He was ranked 30th by his fellow players on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2016" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2016">NFL Top 100 Players of 2016</a>.<a href="#cite_note-294">[293]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2016_season">2016 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2016_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2016 New Orleans Saints season">2016 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVdbPHcy38Q">Video of Brees throwing an 87-yard touchdown pass to Brandin Cooks</a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr></tbody></table> In the Saints' 2016 season opener, Brees threw a career-high 98-yard touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/Brandin_Cooks" title="Brandin Cooks">Brandin Cooks</a> in a narrow 35–34 home loss to the <a href="/wiki/2016_Oakland_Raiders_season" title="2016 Oakland Raiders season">Oakland Raiders</a>.<a href="#cite_note-RadiersSaints-295">[294]</a> He finished the game 28–of–42 for 423 yards and four touchdown passes.<a href="#cite_note-RadiersSaints-295">[294]</a> His 400-yard performance tied him with Peyton Manning for the most 400-yard passing games in NFL history.<a href="#cite_note-RadiersSaints-295">[294]</a><a href="#cite_note-NOLA-296">[295]</a> The next week, he passed <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Dan Marino</a> for third place in career passing yards in a loss to the <a href="/wiki/2016_New_York_Giants_season" title="2016 New York Giants season">New York Giants</a>.<a href="#cite_note-297">[296]</a> On October 16, in Week 6, Brees threw for 465 yards and four touchdown passes with one interception in a 41–38 home win over the <a href="/wiki/2016_Carolina_Panthers_season" title="2016 Carolina Panthers season">Carolina Panthers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-298">[297]</a> With this performance, Brees set an NFL record with the 15th 400-yard passing performance of his career.<a href="#cite_note-fourhrecord-299">[298]</a> Brees reached another milestone in the game, becoming the sixth player to record 50,000 passing yards with one team.<a href="#cite_note-300">[299]</a> The other five players are Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts), <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a> (Green Bay Packers), Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins), <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a> (New England Patriots), and <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">John Elway</a> (Denver Broncos).<a href="#cite_note-NOLA-296">[295]</a> In Week 7, Brees became the first player in NFL history with 100 games of 300+ passing yards, in a loss against the <a href="/wiki/2016_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="2016 Kansas City Chiefs season">Kansas City Chiefs</a> on October 23.<a href="#cite_note-301">[300]</a><a href="#cite_note-302">[301]</a> During Week 16, Brees and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Aaron Rodgers</a> tied the NFL record for most seasons with at least 35 touchdown passes with four—a record shared with <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a>.<a href="#cite_note-303">[302]</a><a href="#cite_note-mosttdpass-304">[303]</a> Brees finished the 2016 season leading the league in passing yards with 5,208, the second most of his career and the fifth 5,000-yard season of his career—more than all other 5,000-yard seasons combined (4).<a href="#cite_note-305">[304]</a> He threw for 471 completions, breaking his NFL record of 468 set in 2011, and a career-high 673 attempts.<a href="#cite_note-306">[305]</a> Brees finished third in touchdown passes with 37, the fourth most of his career. He finished second in completion percentage (70.0%),<a href="#cite_note-2016leaderspfr-307">[306]</a> making it the third time he has completed at least 70% of his passes in a season.<a href="#cite_note-308">[b]</a> Despite his performance, for the third straight season, the Saints finished 7–9 and missed the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-309">[307]</a> He was named to his tenth career Pro Bowl for his 2016 season.<a href="#cite_note-310">[308]</a> He was ranked 16th by his peers on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2017" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2017">NFL Top 100 Players of 2017</a>.<a href="#cite_note-311">[309]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2017_season">2017 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2017_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2017 New Orleans Saints season">2017 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> Brees and the Saints started the 2017 season with a 0–2 record before winning eight consecutive games.<a href="#cite_note-312">[310]</a> In Week 13, he passed <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a> for second place in career completions in a 31–21 victory over the Carolina Panthers.<a href="#cite_note-313">[311]</a> On December 19, 2017, Brees was named to his 11th career Pro Bowl.<a href="#cite_note-314">[312]</a> During Week 16 against the <a href="/wiki/2017_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2017 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a>, Brees became the third player to amass over 70,000 passing yards in a career, doing so in an NFL fastest 248 games.<a href="#cite_note-315">[313]</a> In that game, he earned his 12th consecutive 4,000-yard season as the Saints won 23–13.<a href="#cite_note-316">[314]</a> Brees finished the 2017 season by setting a then-NFL record 72.0 completion percentage.<a href="#cite_note-317">[315]</a> He led the league in number of completions (386) and yards per pass attempt (8.1), and finished second in passer rating (103.9).<a href="#cite_note-318">[316]</a> The Saints finished with an 11–5 record, won the NFC South, and returned to the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NFL_playoffs" title="2017–18 NFL playoffs">playoffs</a> for the first time since the 2013 season.<a href="#cite_note-319">[317]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_Orleans_Saints_31,_Carolina_Panthers_26" title="2017–18 NFL playoffs">Wild Card Round</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2017_Carolina_Panthers_season" title="2017 Carolina Panthers season">Carolina Panthers</a>, he had 376 passing yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the 31–26 victory.<a href="#cite_note-320">[318]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Minnesota_Vikings_29,_New_Orleans_Saints_24" title="2017–18 NFL playoffs">Divisional Round</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2017_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="2017 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a>, he had 294 passing yards, three touchdowns, and two interceptions in the <a href="/wiki/Minneapolis_Miracle" title="Minneapolis Miracle">29–24 loss</a>.<a href="#cite_note-321">[319]</a><a href="#cite_note-322">[320]</a> He was ranked eighth by his fellow players on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2018" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2018">NFL Top 100 Players of 2018</a>.<a href="#cite_note-323">[321]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2018_season">2018 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2018_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2018 New Orleans Saints season">2018 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> On March 13, 2018, Brees signed a two-year, $50 million contract extension with the Saints with $27 million guaranteed.<a href="#cite_note-324">[322]</a> In Week 1, Brees threw for more than 400 yards for a record 16th time in his career, but the <a href="/wiki/2018_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="2018 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> won 48–40.<a href="#cite_note-325">[323]</a> In Week 3, against the <a href="/wiki/2018_Atlanta_Falcons_season" title="2018 Atlanta Falcons season">Atlanta Falcons</a>, Brees broke Brett Favre's record for career pass completions in the second quarter with his 6,301st career completion.<a href="#cite_note-326">[324]</a> In that game, a 43–37 overtime Saints victory, Brees threw for 396 yards and three touchdowns, and also ran for two more scores, including the game-winner in overtime, earning him NFC Offensive Player of the Week.<a href="#cite_note-327">[325]</a> In Week 5, on <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2018_Washington_Redskins_season" title="2018 Washington Redskins season">Washington Redskins</a>, Brees surpassed Peyton Manning for the NFL's all-time passing yardage record with a 62-yard touchdown pass to <a href="/wiki/Tre%27Quan_Smith" title="Tre'Quan Smith">Tre'Quan Smith</a> late in the second quarter.<a href="#cite_note-328">[326]</a> He went on to complete 26 of 29 passes, setting a then career-high 89.66 single-game completion percentage, for 363 yards and three touchdowns in the 43–19 victory, earning him NFC Offensive Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks.<a href="#cite_note-329">[327]</a> Following a bye week, Brees claimed his first career victory against the <a href="/wiki/2018_Baltimore_Ravens_season" title="2018 Baltimore Ravens season">Baltimore Ravens</a> with a score of 24–23, making him the third quarterback in NFL history to beat all 32 teams, joining Peyton Manning and Brett Favre.<a href="#cite_note-330">[328]</a> During this game, Brees also became the fourth quarterback in NFL history, along with Manning, Favre, and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a>, to reach 500 career touchdown passes when he threw a 1-yard touchdown to <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Watson" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Watson">Benjamin Watson</a>.<a href="#cite_note-331">[329]</a> After a season-low 120 yards and his first interception of the season in a win over the <a href="/wiki/2018_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="2018 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a>,<a href="#cite_note-332">[330]</a> Brees logged 346 yards, four touchdowns, and zero interceptions to hand the <a href="/wiki/2018_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="2018 Los Angeles Rams season">Rams</a> their first loss of the season in Week 9.<a href="#cite_note-333">[331]</a> In a Week 10 matchup against the <a href="/wiki/2018_Cincinnati_Bengals_season" title="2018 Cincinnati Bengals season">Cincinnati Bengals</a>, Brees passed Brett Favre for second in career passing touchdowns with a 17-yard touchdown to <a href="/wiki/Michael_Thomas_(wide_receiver,_born_1993)" title="Michael Thomas (wide receiver, born 1993)">Michael Thomas</a> in a 51–14 victory.<a href="#cite_note-334">[332]</a> Brees was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Month for November passing for 16 touchdowns to two interceptions in that stretch.<a href="#cite_note-335">[333]</a> Brees finished the season with 364 completions, 489 attempts, 3,992 passing yards, 32 passing touchdowns and five interceptions over 15 games.<a href="#cite_note-336">[334]</a> He sat out the season finale after the Saints had clinched the NFC's #1 seed the week prior.<a href="#cite_note-337">[335]</a> He set an NFL record for completion percentage (74.4%), breaking his previous record (72.0%) set in <a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_season" title="2017 NFL season">2017</a>,<a href="#cite_note-338">[336]</a> and led the league in passer rating (a career high of 115.7). However, with his 3,992 yards, his NFL record streak of 12 consecutive seasons with at least 4,000 passing yards came to an end.<a href="#cite_note-339">[337]</a> He led the league with six fourth quarter comebacks and seven game-winning drives.<a href="#cite_note-340">[338]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_Orleans_Saints_20,_Philadelphia_Eagles_14" title="2018–19 NFL playoffs">Divisional Round</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2018_Philadelphia_Eagles_season" title="2018 Philadelphia Eagles season">Philadelphia Eagles</a>, the Saints started badly, quickly falling into a 14–0 hole, but recovered and scored 20 unanswered points over the final three quarters to win and advance to their first <a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_Game" title="NFC Championship Game">NFC Championship Game</a> since their 2009 Super Bowl winning season. Brees completed 28 of 38 passes for 301 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception in the win.<a href="#cite_note-341">[339]</a><a href="#cite_note-342">[340]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2018_NFC_Championship_Game" title="2018 NFC Championship Game">NFC Championship</a>, Brees passed for 249 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception as the Saints lost 26–23 in overtime to the <a href="/wiki/2018_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="2018 Los Angeles Rams season">Los Angeles Rams</a> following a controversial missed pass interference call on a play that started at the Rams' 13-yard line with 1:49 left in regulation. If called, the penalty could have allowed the Saints to run out most of the clock, due to the Rams having only one timeout remaining, and try a go-ahead field goal that would have likely won the game for New Orleans.<a href="#cite_note-343">[341]</a><a href="#cite_note-344">[342]</a> Brees became the first and only player in NFL history to throw touchdown passes to 15 different players (of which nine were undrafted) in a single season, including the playoffs.<a href="#cite_note-345">[343]</a> He finished second in the MVP voting to <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Patrick Mahomes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-346">[344]</a> He was ranked as the second best player in the NFL by his peers on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2019" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2019">NFL Top 100 Players of 2019</a>.<a href="#cite_note-347">[345]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2019_season">2019 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2019_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2019 New Orleans Saints season">2019 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drew_Brees.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Drew_Brees.png/220px-Drew_Brees.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="366" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Drew_Brees.png/330px-Drew_Brees.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Drew_Brees.png 2x" data-file-width="367" data-file-height="611" /></a><figcaption>Brees at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Pro_Bowl" title="2020 Pro Bowl">2020 Pro Bowl</a> </figcaption></figure> In the first game of the season, a <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a> match against the <a href="/wiki/2019_Houston_Texans_season" title="2019 Houston Texans season">Houston Texans</a>, Brees threw for 370 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception as the Saints overcame a slow start to win 30–28.<a href="#cite_note-348">[346]</a> In the Saints' Week 2 game against the <a href="/wiki/2019_Los_Angeles_Rams_season" title="2019 Los Angeles Rams season">Los Angeles Rams</a>, Brees suffered an injury to his right hand on a hit from <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Donald" title="Aaron Donald">Aaron Donald</a> which forced him out of the game.<a href="#cite_note-349">[347]</a> The next day, an MRI revealed that Brees had suffered a torn ligament in the thumb of his right hand, which would require surgery and reportedly cause him to miss six to eight weeks.<a href="#cite_note-350">[348]</a><a href="#cite_note-351">[349]</a> Brees returned in Week 8 against the <a href="/wiki/2019_Arizona_Cardinals_season" title="2019 Arizona Cardinals season">Arizona Cardinals</a>, finishing with 373 passing yards, three touchdowns, and an interception as the Saints won 31–9.<a href="#cite_note-352">[350]</a> In Week 14, against the <a href="/wiki/2019_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="2019 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco 49ers</a>, Brees completed 29 of 40 passes for 349 yards, five touchdowns and no interceptions and scored a one-yard rushing touchdown, but his efforts were in vain as the Saints narrowly lost 48–46.<a href="#cite_note-353">[351]</a> During Week 15 against the <a href="/wiki/2019_Indianapolis_Colts_season" title="2019 Indianapolis Colts season">Indianapolis Colts</a> on <a href="/wiki/Monday_Night_Football" title="Monday Night Football">Monday Night Football</a>, Brees broke former Colts quarterback <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Peyton Manning</a>'s record for most career touchdowns, throwing his 540th to <a href="/wiki/Tight_end" title="Tight end">tight end</a> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Hill_(American_football)" title="Josh Hill (American football)">Josh Hill</a> on his career-best 20th straight completion in the third quarter.<a href="#cite_note-354">[352]</a> Brees's record-breaking touchdown pass was his third touchdown pass on the night. He finished the game with four touchdowns and 304 yards as the Saints defeated the Colts by a 34–7 score.<a href="#cite_note-355">[353]</a> In addition, Brees completed 29 of his 30 pass attempts for a career high and NFL single game record 96.7% completion percentage rate, surpassing the previous record (28 out of 29 passes for a 96.6% completion percentage rate) which had been set the previous year by his former Chargers teammate <a href="/wiki/Philip_Rivers" title="Philip Rivers">Philip Rivers</a>.<a href="#cite_note-356">[354]</a> In the following week's game against the <a href="/wiki/2019_Tennessee_Titans_season" title="2019 Tennessee Titans season">Tennessee Titans</a>, Brees threw for 279 yards and three touchdowns during the 38–28 win. During the game, Brees helped wide receiver <a href="/wiki/Michael_Thomas_(wide_receiver,_born_1993)" title="Michael Thomas (wide receiver, born 1993)">Michael Thomas</a> break the single season receptions record formerly held by <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Harrison" title="Marvin Harrison">Marvin Harrison</a> with his 144th catch of the season.<a href="#cite_note-357">[355]</a> Brees earned NFC Offensive Player of the Month for December.<a href="#cite_note-358">[356]</a> In the 2019 season, Brees appeared in 11 games and finished with 2,979 passing yards, 27 touchdowns, and four interceptions.<a href="#cite_note-359">[357]</a> He finished with a completion percentage of 74.34%, which finished second in NFL history to his record from the previous season.<a href="#cite_note-360">[358]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Minnesota_Vikings_26,_New_Orleans_Saints_20_(OT)" title="2019–20 NFL playoffs">Wild Card Round</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2019_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="2019 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a>, Brees threw for 208 yards, one touchdown, and one interception during the 26–20 overtime loss. In the game, Brees helped lead the Saints on a late drive to set up a game-tying field goal on a seven-play drive to force the overtime period.<a href="#cite_note-361">[359]</a> He earned his 13th career Pro Bowl nomination after Russell Wilson gave up his spot.<a href="#cite_note-362">[360]</a> He was ranked 12th by his fellow players on the <a href="/wiki/NFL_Top_100_Players_of_2020" title="NFL Top 100 Players of 2020">NFL Top 100 Players of 2020</a>.<a href="#cite_note-363">[361]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020_season">2020 season</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2020_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2020 New Orleans Saints season">2020 New Orleans Saints season</a></div> On March 17, 2020, Brees signed a two-year, $50 million contract extension with the Saints.<a href="#cite_note-364">[362]</a> In the Saints' regular-season opener against the <a href="/wiki/2020_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_season" title="2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> and their new quarterback <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a>, Brees completed 18 of 30 passes for 160 passing yards and two touchdowns, breaking <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Brett Favre</a>'s record for most career pass attempts in the process, as the Saints won by a score of 34–23.<a href="#cite_note-365">[363]</a> Following the Week 1 victory, Brees helped lead the Saints to a 5–2 stretch leading into a second matchup with Brady in Week 9. Against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football, he passed for 222 yards and four touchdowns in the 38–3 victory.<a href="#cite_note-366">[364]</a> With the win over the Buccaneers, Brees defeated Brady head-to-head for the second time.<a href="#cite_note-367">[365]</a> On November 15, 2020, Brees left the Saints’ Week 10 game against the <a href="/wiki/2020_San_Francisco_49ers_season" title="2020 San Francisco 49ers season">San Francisco 49ers</a> following the first half with a rib injury suffered on a sack attempt from <a href="/wiki/Kentavius_Street" title="Kentavius Street">Kentavius Street</a>.<a href="#cite_note-368">[366]</a> Brees completed 8 of 13 passes for 76 yards and a touchdown before leaving the game.<a href="#cite_note-369">[367]</a><a href="#cite_note-370">[368]</a> The next day, it was revealed Brees had suffered multiple broken ribs and a collapsed lung from the hits he had taken during the game.<a href="#cite_note-371">[369]</a><a href="#cite_note-372">[370]</a> On November 20, 2020, Brees was placed on injured reserve, thereby ruling him out for at least the following three games.<a href="#cite_note-373">[371]</a><a href="#cite_note-374">[372]</a> After missing four games, Brees was activated on December 19, 2020,<a href="#cite_note-375">[373]</a> for the Saints' Week 15 game against the <a href="/wiki/2020_Kansas_City_Chiefs_season" title="2020 Kansas City Chiefs season">Kansas City Chiefs</a> and threw for 234 yards, three touchdowns and one interception;<a href="#cite_note-376">[374]</a> during the Saints' 32–29 loss, Brees surpassed former <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Football_League" title="Canadian Football League">Canadian Football League (CFL)</a> quarterback <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Calvillo" title="Anthony Calvillo">Anthony Calvillo</a> for first place in career passing yards in any professional outdoor gridiron football league.<a href="#cite_note-377">[375]</a> During the Saints' next game against the <a href="/wiki/2020_Minnesota_Vikings_season" title="2020 Minnesota Vikings season">Minnesota Vikings</a> on <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Christmas_games" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Christmas games">Christmas Day</a>, Brees became the first quarterback in history to record 80,000 career passing yards as New Orleans won 52–33 to clinch a fourth straight NFC South title.<a href="#cite_note-378">[376]</a> Overall, he finished the 2020 season with 2,942 passing yards, 24 touchdowns, and six interceptions in twelve games with the Saints finishing with a 12–4 record.<a href="#cite_note-379">[377]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_New_Orleans_Saints_21,_Chicago_Bears_9" title="2020–21 NFL playoffs">Wild Card Round</a> against the <a href="/wiki/2020_Chicago_Bears_season" title="2020 Chicago Bears season">Chicago Bears</a>, Brees threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns during the 21–9 win.<a href="#cite_note-380">[378]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NFL_playoffs#NFC:_Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers_30,_New_Orleans_Saints_20" title="2020–21 NFL playoffs">Divisional Round</a> against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Brees threw for 134 yards and a touchdown but also threw three interceptions in a 30–20 loss.<a href="#cite_note-381">[379]</a> On February 6, 2021, the Saints renegotiated Brees' contract, which reduced his salary down to $1.075 million for the upcoming season to save salary cap space.<a href="#cite_note-382">[380]</a> On March 14, 2021, exactly 15 years to the day that Brees signed his first contract with the <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans_Saints" title="New Orleans Saints">New Orleans Saints</a>, Brees announced his retirement after twenty seasons.<a href="#cite_note-383">[381]</a> The Saints placed him on their reserve/retired list on June 11, 2021.<a href="#cite_note-384">[382]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="NFL_career_statistics">NFL career statistics</h2></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Legend </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffd700; width:3em;"> </td> <td>AP <a href="/wiki/NFL_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="NFL Offensive Player of the Year">NFL Offensive Player of the Year</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f4c842; width:3em;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl MVP</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"> </td> <td>Won the <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl" title="Super Bowl">Super Bowl</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#e0cef2; width:3em;"> </td> <td>NFL record </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"> </td> <td>Led the league </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width:3em;">Bold </td> <td>Career high </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season">Regular season</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th colspan="3">Games </th> <th colspan="10">Passing </th> <th colspan="5">Rushing </th> <th colspan="2">Sacked </th> <th colspan="2">Fumbles </th></tr> <tr> <th><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Record as a starting quarterback">Record</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passes completed">Cmp</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passes attempted">Att</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Completion percentage">Pct</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passing yards">Yds</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Yards per passing attempt">Y/A</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passing yards per game">Y/G</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Longest pass completion">Lng</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passing touchdowns">TD</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passing interceptions">Int</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passer rating">Rtg</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Rushing attempts">Att</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Rushing yards">Yds</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Yards per rushing attempt">Y/A</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Longest rushing attempt">Lng</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Rushing touchdowns">TD</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Times sacked">Sck</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Yards lost due to sacks">SckY</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Fumbles">Fum</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Fumbles lost">Lost</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2001_NFL_season" title="2001 NFL season">2001</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2001_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2001 San Diego Chargers season">SD</a> </th> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>—</td> <td>15</td> <td>27</td> <td>55.6</td> <td>221</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>221.0</td> <td>40</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>94.8</td> <td>2</td> <td>18</td> <td>9.0</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2002_NFL_season" title="2002 NFL season">2002</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2002_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2002 San Diego Chargers season">SD</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>8−8</td> <td>320</td> <td>526</td> <td>60.8</td> <td>3,284</td> <td>6.2</td> <td>205.3</td> <td>52</td> <td>17</td> <td>16</td> <td>76.9</td> <td>38</td> <td>130</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>15</td> <td>1</td> <td>24</td> <td>180</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2003_NFL_season" title="2003 NFL season">2003</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2003_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2003 San Diego Chargers season">SD</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>2−9</td> <td>205</td> <td>356</td> <td>57.6</td> <td>2,108</td> <td>5.9</td> <td>191.6</td> <td>68</td> <td>11</td> <td>15</td> <td>67.5</td> <td>21</td> <td>84</td> <td>4.0</td> <td>18</td> <td>0</td> <td>21</td> <td>178</td> <td>5</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_NFL_season" title="2004 NFL season">2004</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2004 San Diego Chargers season">SD</a> </th> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>11−4</td> <td>262</td> <td>400</td> <td>65.5</td> <td>3,159</td> <td>7.9</td> <td>210.6</td> <td>79</td> <td>27</td> <td>7</td> <td>104.8</td> <td>35</td> <td>85</td> <td>1.6</td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td>18</td> <td>131</td> <td>7</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2005_NFL_season" title="2005 NFL season">2005</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2005_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2005 San Diego Chargers season">SD</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>9−7</td> <td>323</td> <td>500</td> <td>64.6</td> <td>3,576</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>223.5</td> <td>54</td> <td>24</td> <td>15</td> <td>89.2</td> <td>21</td> <td>49</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>27</td> <td>223</td> <td>8</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_NFL_season" title="2006 NFL season">2006</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2006 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>10−6</td> <td>356</td> <td>554</td> <td>64.3</td> <td style="background:#cfecec">4,418</td> <td>8.0</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">276.1</td> <td>86</td> <td>26</td> <td>11</td> <td>96.2</td> <td>42</td> <td>32</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>16</td> <td>0</td> <td>18</td> <td>105</td> <td>8</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2007_NFL_season" title="2007 NFL season">2007</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2007_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2007 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>7−9</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">440</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">652</td> <td>67.5</td> <td>4,423</td> <td>6.8</td> <td>276.4</td> <td>58</td> <td>28</td> <td>18</td> <td>89.4</td> <td>23</td> <td>52</td> <td>2.3</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>16</td> <td>109</td> <td>9</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffd700;"><a href="/wiki/2008_NFL_season" title="2008 NFL season">2008</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2008_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2008 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>8−8</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">413</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">635</td> <td>65.0</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">5,069</td> <td>8.0</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">316.8</td> <td>84</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">34</td> <td>17</td> <td>96.2</td> <td>23</td> <td>−1</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>9</td> <td>0</td> <td>13</td> <td>92</td> <td>6</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2009_NFL_season" title="2009 NFL season">2009</a></th> <th style="background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/2009_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2009 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>13−2</td> <td>363</td> <td>514</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">70.6</td> <td>4,388</td> <td>8.5</td> <td>292.5</td> <td>75</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">34</td> <td>11</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">109.6</td> <td>22</td> <td>33</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>10</td> <td>2</td> <td>20</td> <td>135</td> <td>10</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_NFL_season" title="2010 NFL season">2010</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2010 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>11−5</td> <td>448</td> <td>658</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">68.1</td> <td>4,620</td> <td>7.0</td> <td>288.8</td> <td>80</td> <td>33</td> <td>22</td> <td>90.9</td> <td>18</td> <td>−3</td> <td>−0.2</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>25</td> <td>185</td> <td>9</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#ffd700;"><a href="/wiki/2011_NFL_season" title="2011 NFL season">2011</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2011 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>13−3</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">468</td> <td>657</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">71.2</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">5,476</td> <td>8.3</td> <td style="background:#e0cef2;">342.3</td> <td>79</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">46</td> <td>14</td> <td>110.6</td> <td>21</td> <td>86</td> <td>4.1</td> <td>20</td> <td>1</td> <td>24</td> <td>158</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2012_NFL_season" title="2012 NFL season">2012</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2012_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2012 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>7−9</td> <td>422</td> <td>670</td> <td>63.0</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">5,177</td> <td>7.7</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">323.6</td> <td>80</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">43</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">19</td> <td>96.3</td> <td>15</td> <td>5</td> <td>0.3</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>26</td> <td>190</td> <td>5</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2013_NFL_season" title="2013 NFL season">2013</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2013_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2013 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>11−5</td> <td>446</td> <td>650</td> <td>68.6</td> <td>5,162</td> <td>7.9</td> <td>322.6</td> <td>76</td> <td>39</td> <td>12</td> <td>104.7</td> <td>35</td> <td>52</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>16</td> <td>3</td> <td>37</td> <td>244</td> <td>6</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2014_NFL_season" title="2014 NFL season">2014</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2014_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2014 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>7−9</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">456</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">659</td> <td>69.2</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">4,952</td> <td>7.5</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">309.5</td> <td>69</td> <td>33</td> <td>17</td> <td>97.0</td> <td>27</td> <td>68</td> <td>2.5</td> <td>13</td> <td>1</td> <td>29</td> <td>186</td> <td>7</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2015_NFL_season" title="2015 NFL season">2015</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2015_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2015 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td>7−8</td> <td>428</td> <td>627</td> <td>68.3</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">4,870</td> <td>7.8</td> <td>324.7</td> <td>80</td> <td>32</td> <td>11</td> <td>101.0</td> <td>24</td> <td>14</td> <td>0.6</td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>31</td> <td>235</td> <td>5</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_NFL_season" title="2016 NFL season">2016</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2016 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>7−9</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">471</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">673</td> <td>70.0</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">5,208</td> <td>7.7</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">325.5</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">98</td> <td>37</td> <td>15</td> <td>101.7</td> <td>23</td> <td>20</td> <td>0.9</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>27</td> <td>184</td> <td>5</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_NFL_season" title="2017 NFL season">2017</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2017 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>16</td> <td>16</td> <td>11−5</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">386</td> <td>536</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">72.0</td> <td>4,334</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">8.1</td> <td>270.9</td> <td>54</td> <td>23</td> <td>8</td> <td>103.9</td> <td>33</td> <td>12</td> <td>0.4</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>20</td> <td>145</td> <td>5</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2018_NFL_season" title="2018 NFL season">2018</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2018_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2018 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>15</td> <td>15</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">13−2</td> <td>364</td> <td>489</td> <td style="background:#e0cef2;">74.4</td> <td>3,992</td> <td>8.2</td> <td>266.1</td> <td>72</td> <td>32</td> <td>5</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">115.7</td> <td>31</td> <td>22</td> <td>0.7</td> <td>11</td> <td>4</td> <td>17</td> <td>121</td> <td>5</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_NFL_season" title="2019 NFL season">2019</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2019 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>11</td> <td>8−3</td> <td>281</td> <td>378</td> <td style="background:#cfecec;">74.3</td> <td>2,979</td> <td>7.9</td> <td>270.8</td> <td>61</td> <td>27</td> <td>4</td> <td>116.3</td> <td>9</td> <td>−4</td> <td>−0.4</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>12</td> <td>89</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2020_NFL_season" title="2020 NFL season">2020</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2020_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2020 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>12</td> <td>12</td> <td>9−3</td> <td>275</td> <td>390</td> <td>70.5</td> <td>2,942</td> <td>7.5</td> <td>245.2</td> <td>52</td> <td>24</td> <td>6</td> <td>106.4</td> <td>18</td> <td>−2</td> <td>−0.1</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>13</td> <td>89</td> <td>6</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BreeDr00.htm">Career</a></th> <th>287</th> <th>286</th> <th>172−114</th> <th>7,142</th> <th>10,551</th> <th>67.7</th> <th>80,358</th> <th>7.6</th> <th>280.0</th> <th>98</th> <th>571</th> <th>243</th> <th>98.7</th> <th>498</th> <th>752</th> <th>1.5</th> <th>22</th> <th>25</th> <th>420</th> <th>2,991</th> <th>111</th> <th>42 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postseason">Postseason</h3></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Team </th> <th colspan="3">Games </th> <th colspan="10">Passing </th> <th colspan="5">Rushing </th> <th colspan="2">Sacked </th> <th colspan="2">Fumbles </th></tr> <tr> <th><abbr title="Games played">GP</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Games started">GS</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Record as a starting quarterback">Record</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passes completed">Cmp</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passes attempted">Att</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Completion percentage">Pct</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passing yards">Yds</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Yards per passing attempt">Y/A</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passing yards per game">Y/G</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Longest pass completion">Lng</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passing touchdowns">TD</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passing interceptions">Int</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Passer rating">Rtg</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Rushing attempts">Att</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Rushing yards">Yds</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Yards per rushing attempt">Y/A</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Longest rushing attempt">Lng</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Rushing touchdowns">TD</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Times sacked">Sck</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Yards lost due to sacks">SckY</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Fumbles">Fum</abbr></th> <th><abbr title="Fumbles lost">Lost</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_NFL_playoffs" title="2004–05 NFL playoffs">2004</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2004_San_Diego_Chargers_season" title="2004 San Diego Chargers season">SD</a> </th> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0−1</td> <td>31</td> <td>42</td> <td>73.8</td> <td>319</td> <td>7.6</td> <td>319.0</td> <td>44</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>101.2</td> <td>5</td> <td>17</td> <td>3.4</td> <td>7</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_NFL_playoffs" title="2006–07 NFL playoffs">2006</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2006 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1−1</td> <td>47</td> <td>81</td> <td>58.0</td> <td>597</td> <td>7.4</td> <td>298.5</td> <td>88</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>88.3</td> <td>4</td> <td>6</td> <td>1.5</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td>51</td> <td>3</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#f4c842;"><a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_NFL_playoffs" title="2009–10 NFL playoffs">2009</a></th> <th style="background:#afe6ba;"><a href="/wiki/2009_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2009 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>3−0</td> <td>72</td> <td>102</td> <td>70.6</td> <td>732</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>244.0</td> <td>44</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>117.0</td> <td>5</td> <td>−4</td> <td>−0.8</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>15</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NFL_playoffs" title="2010–11 NFL playoffs">2010</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2010_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2010 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0−1</td> <td>39</td> <td>60</td> <td>65.0</td> <td>404</td> <td>6.7</td> <td>404.0</td> <td>40</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>95.4</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>3.0</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_NFL_playoffs" title="2011–12 NFL playoffs">2011</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2011 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1−1</td> <td>73</td> <td>106</td> <td>68.9</td> <td>928</td> <td>8.8</td> <td>464.0</td> <td>66</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>110.1</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>0.8</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>34</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_NFL_playoffs" title="2013–14 NFL playoffs">2013</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2013_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2013 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1−1</td> <td>44</td> <td>73</td> <td>60.3</td> <td>559</td> <td>7.7</td> <td>279.5</td> <td>52</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>81.9</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> <td>2.6</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_NFL_playoffs" title="2017–18 NFL playoffs">2017</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2017_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2017 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1−1</td> <td>48</td> <td>73</td> <td>65.8</td> <td>670</td> <td>9.2</td> <td>335.0</td> <td>80</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>100.8</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>0.0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>23</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_NFL_playoffs" title="2018–19 NFL playoffs">2018</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2018_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2018 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1−1</td> <td>54</td> <td>78</td> <td>69.2</td> <td>550</td> <td>7.2</td> <td>275.0</td> <td>43</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>95.6</td> <td>5</td> <td>−2</td> <td>−0.4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>25</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_NFL_playoffs" title="2019–20 NFL playoffs">2019</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2019_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2019 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0−1</td> <td>26</td> <td>33</td> <td>78.8</td> <td>208</td> <td>6.3</td> <td>208.0</td> <td>20</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>90.4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>5.0</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>31</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_NFL_playoffs" title="2020–21 NFL playoffs">2020</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/2020_New_Orleans_Saints_season" title="2020 New Orleans Saints season">NO</a> </th> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>1−1</td> <td>47</td> <td>73</td> <td>64.4</td> <td>399</td> <td>5.5</td> <td>199.5</td> <td>38</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>75.1</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>1.0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BreeDr00/gamelog/post/">Career</a></th> <th>18</th> <th>18</th> <th>9−9</th> <th>481</th> <th>721</th> <th>66.7</th> <th>5,366</th> <th>7.4</th> <th>298.1</th> <th>88</th> <th>37</th> <th>15</th> <th>97.1</th> <th>40</th> <th>50</th> <th>1.3</th> <th>8</th> <th>0</th> <th>29</th> <th>206</th> <th>14</th> <th>4 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_awards_and_records">Career awards and records</h2></div> Brees has earned several awards in both college and the NFL, including: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Super_Bowl_champions" title="List of Super Bowl champions">Super Bowl champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIV" title="Super Bowl XLIV">XLIV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">Super Bowl MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLIV" title="Super Bowl XLIV">XLIV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/NFC_Championship_game" class="mw-redirect" title="NFC Championship game">NFC</a> champion (2009)</li> <li>13× <a href="/wiki/Pro_Bowl" title="Pro Bowl">Pro Bowl</a> (<a href="/wiki/2005_Pro_Bowl" title="2005 Pro Bowl">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_Pro_Bowl" title="2007 Pro Bowl">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Pro_Bowl" title="2009 Pro Bowl">2008</a>–<a href="/wiki/2015_Pro_Bowl" title="2015 Pro Bowl">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Pro_Bowl" title="2017 Pro Bowl">2016</a>–<a href="/wiki/2020_Pro_Bowl" title="2020 Pro Bowl">2019</a>)<a href="#cite_note-385">[383]</a></li> <li>25× AFC/NFC Offensive Player of the Week<a href="#cite_note-386">[384]</a></li> <li>5× NFC Offensive Player of the Month<a href="#cite_note-387">[385]</a></li> <li>First-team <a href="/wiki/All-Pro" title="All-Pro">All-Pro</a> (<a href="/wiki/2006_All-Pro_Team" title="2006 All-Pro Team">2006</a>)</li> <li>4× Second-team All-Pro (<a href="/wiki/2008_All-Pro_Team" title="2008 All-Pro Team">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_All-Pro_Team" title="2009 All-Pro Team">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_All-Pro_Team" title="2011 All-Pro Team">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_All-Pro_Team" title="2018 All-Pro Team">2018</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award">NFL Offensive Player of the Year</a> (2008, 2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated_Sportsman_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year">Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Press_Male_Athlete_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year">Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell_Award" title="Bert Bell Award">Bert Bell Award</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton_Man_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Walter Payton Man of the Year Award">Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award">NFL Comeback Player of the Year</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Award" title="Maxwell Award">Maxwell Award</a> (2000)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_football_individual_awards" title="Big Ten Conference football individual awards">Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year</a> (1998, 2000)</li> <li>Most seasons as <a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_annual_passing_yards_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League annual passing yards leaders">passing yards leader</a>: 7<a href="#cite_note-388">[386]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Football_League_records">National Football League records</h3></div> <ul><li>Most passing touchdowns, single game (7) (tied with 7 others)<a href="#cite_note-389">[387]</a></li> <li>Best pass completion percentage, single season (74.4% in 2018)<a href="#cite_note-390">[388]</a></li> <li>2nd most passing yards, season: 5,476 (2011)<a href="#cite_note-391">[389]</a></li> <li>Most <a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_quarterbacks_with_5,000_passing_yards_in_a_season" title="List of NFL quarterbacks with 5,000 passing yards in a season">5,000 yard seasons</a>: 5<a href="#cite_note-Most_5000_Yard_Passing_Seasons-3">[2]</a></li> <li>Most <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_consecutive_games_with_touchdown_passes_in_the_National_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most consecutive games with touchdown passes in the National Football League">consecutive games with a touchdown pass</a>: 54<a href="#cite_note-392">[390]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_Orleans_Saints_franchise_records">New Orleans Saints franchise records</h3></div> Brees holds numerous passing records for the Saints franchise: <ul><li>Passing yards, career (68,010)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsFranchise-393">[391]</a></li> <li>Passing yards, single game (510)<a href="#cite_note-singlegame-124">[123]</a></li> <li>Passing touchdowns, career (491)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsFranchise-393">[391]</a></li> <li>Pass completions, career (6,017)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsFranchise-393">[391]</a></li> <li>Pass completions, single game (39) - Brees accomplished the 39 completions in four total games<a href="#cite_note-passcompletions-150">[149]</a></li> <li>Pass attempts, career (8,742)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsFranchise-393">[391]</a></li> <li>Pass attempts, single game (60)<a href="#cite_note-attempts-145">[144]</a></li> <li>Passing yards, single season (5,476) (2011)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsSS-394">[392]</a></li> <li>Passing touchdowns, single season (46) (2011)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsSS-394">[392]</a></li> <li>Pass completions, single season (471) (2016)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsSS-394">[392]</a></li> <li>Pass attempts, single season (673) (2016)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsSS-394">[392]</a></li> <li>Longest pass-play, (98 yards) (2016)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsSS-394">[392]</a></li> <li>Completion percentage, single season (74.4%)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsSS-394">[392]</a></li> <li>Completion percentage, career (67.7%)<a href="#cite_note-SaintsSS-394">[392]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcasting_career">Broadcasting career</h2></div> Following his retirement from the NFL, Brees was hired by <a href="/wiki/NBC_Sports" title="NBC Sports">NBC Sports</a> to serve as the <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color analyst</a> for the network's Notre Dame games and on <a href="/wiki/Football_Night_in_America" title="Football Night in America">Football Night in America</a>, working in the booth alongside play-by-play announcer <a href="/wiki/Mike_Tirico" title="Mike Tirico">Mike Tirico</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Bumbaca-10">[9]</a> He left after the season on May 15, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-LeavesNBC-11">[10]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> Brees married his college sweetheart Brittany Dudchenko in February 2003.<a href="#cite_note-395">[393]</a> The couple have four children together: three sons born January 2009,<a href="#cite_note-396">[394]</a> October 2010,<a href="#cite_note-397">[395]</a> and August 2012,<a href="#cite_note-398">[396]</a> and a daughter in August 2014.<a href="#cite_note-399">[397]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drew_Brees_announces_the_Saints%27_draft_pick_at_the_NFL_2010_Draft.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Drew_Brees_announces_the_Saints%27_draft_pick_at_the_NFL_2010_Draft.jpg/220px-Drew_Brees_announces_the_Saints%27_draft_pick_at_the_NFL_2010_Draft.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Drew_Brees_announces_the_Saints%27_draft_pick_at_the_NFL_2010_Draft.jpg/330px-Drew_Brees_announces_the_Saints%27_draft_pick_at_the_NFL_2010_Draft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Drew_Brees_announces_the_Saints%27_draft_pick_at_the_NFL_2010_Draft.jpg/440px-Drew_Brees_announces_the_Saints%27_draft_pick_at_the_NFL_2010_Draft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Brees announcing the Saints' draft pick at the <a href="/wiki/2010_NFL_draft" title="2010 NFL draft">2010 NFL draft</a></figcaption></figure> Brees moved to <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> not long after the devastation of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Halliburton-400">[398]</a> He admits that it was tough moving to a city that was still in shambles from the hurricane; however, he and Brittany immediately fell in love with the culture and "soul" of the city.<a href="#cite_note-401">[399]</a> They purchased and renovated a home in <a href="/wiki/Uptown_New_Orleans" title="Uptown New Orleans">Uptown New Orleans</a>, where they still live.<a href="#cite_note-uptown-402">[400]</a> Brees admits in an interview that he thinks his family is now completed especially because three boys and one girl were always the couple's dream.<a href="#cite_note-Holder-403">[401]</a> All four children were born in New Orleans and are being raised there.<a href="#cite_note-Holder-403">[401]</a> The four priorities in Brees's life are faith, family, football, and philanthropy; otherwise known as the "four F's" by Brees.<a href="#cite_note-LaydenT-18">[17]</a> Brees kept a home in San Diego until he sold the property in 2012.<a href="#cite_note-404">[402]</a><a href="#cite_note-405">[403]</a> Brees is a <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>. Brees was raised as a Christian but stated that he became committed at age 17 when he was at church with a <a href="/wiki/Anterior_cruciate_ligament_injury" title="Anterior cruciate ligament injury">torn ACL</a> and was wondering who he was and what his purpose was in life.<a href="#cite_note-SportsSpectrum2017-21">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-SI2010-19">[18]</a> Brees later faced other trials such as tearing the labrum in his shoulder in 2005; however, he maintains that these setbacks only strengthened his relationship with God.<a href="#cite_note-LaydenT-18">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-406">[404]</a> A birthmark on the right side of his face led to bullying when he was younger.<a href="#cite_note-407">[405]</a> Throughout his youth, Brees attended Camp Champions, a co-ed summer camp in Marble Falls, Texas, for eight summers. Brees was twice voted "Most Outstanding Camper" by his peers during his tenure at the camp.<a href="#cite_note-408">[406]</a> On July 6, 2010, Brees released his first book,<a href="#cite_note-ABC2010-24">[23]</a> entitled Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity, co-authored by Chris Fabry.<a href="#cite_note-409">[407]</a> Coming Back Stronger opened at number 3 on the nonfiction <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list" title="The New York Times Best Seller list">bestseller list</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>.<a href="#cite_note-410">[408]</a><a href="#cite_note-411">[409]</a> In 2010, Brees appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Lose_Yourself_(Entourage)" title="Lose Yourself (Entourage)">Season 7 finale</a> of <a href="/wiki/Entourage_(American_TV_series)" title="Entourage (American TV series)">Entourage</a>.<a href="#cite_note-412">[410]</a> Brees's mother, Mina Brees, died on August 7, 2009, at age 59, from a prescription drug overdose.<a href="#cite_note-LaydenT-18">[17]</a> The death was ruled a suicide.<a href="#cite_note-413">[411]</a> Brees was briefly excused from training camp for a "family matter".<a href="#cite_note-414">[412]</a> In 2006, Brees described their relationship as "nonexistent" ever since he refused to hire his mother as his agent when he entered the NFL, saying that she undercut his dealings with other agents and tried to sell a book about him to <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> without his knowledge, and later that year he told her to stop using his picture in TV commercials during her campaign for the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals.<a href="#cite_note-415">[413]</a><a href="#cite_note-416">[414]</a><a href="#cite_note-417">[415]</a> After her death, Brees stated that this quote was three years old and that his relationship with his mother had been improving.<a href="#cite_note-418">[416]</a> In his autobiography, released almost a year later, he wrote that their relationship had been on the mend<a href="#cite_note-419">[417]</a> and that she had been looking forward to meeting his son, her first grandchild. In April 2010, Brees was voted by fans as the cover athlete of <a href="/wiki/EA_Sports" title="EA Sports">EA Sports</a> <a href="/wiki/Madden_NFL_11" title="Madden NFL 11">Madden NFL 11</a> <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a>.<a href="#cite_note-420">[418]</a> Brees wears #9 on his uniform in honor of late baseball player <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a>.<a href="#cite_note-421">[419]</a> Brees is sometimes known by the nicknames "Breesus" by Saints fans<a href="#cite_note-422">[420]</a><a href="#cite_note-423">[421]</a><a href="#cite_note-424">[422]</a> and "Cool Brees", which he acquired during his younger years for his calmness under pressure.<a href="#cite_note-BaltimoreSun-30">[29]</a><a href="#cite_note-425">[423]</a> On March 30, 2010, Brees became the national spokesperson for <a href="/wiki/AdvoCare" title="AdvoCare">AdvoCare International</a>,<a href="#cite_note-426">[424]</a> a <a href="/wiki/Multi-level_marketing" title="Multi-level marketing">multi-level marketing</a> company,<a href="#cite_note-ppcomp-427">[425]</a> which produces weight management, nutritional supplement, and personal care products. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jimmy_John_Liautaud_and_Jimmy_John%27s_Franchise_Owner_Drew_Brees.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Jimmy_John_Liautaud_and_Jimmy_John%27s_Franchise_Owner_Drew_Brees.jpg/220px-Jimmy_John_Liautaud_and_Jimmy_John%27s_Franchise_Owner_Drew_Brees.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Jimmy_John_Liautaud_and_Jimmy_John%27s_Franchise_Owner_Drew_Brees.jpg/330px-Jimmy_John_Liautaud_and_Jimmy_John%27s_Franchise_Owner_Drew_Brees.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Jimmy_John_Liautaud_and_Jimmy_John%27s_Franchise_Owner_Drew_Brees.jpg/440px-Jimmy_John_Liautaud_and_Jimmy_John%27s_Franchise_Owner_Drew_Brees.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="588" /></a><figcaption>Brees with <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_John%27s" title="Jimmy John's">Jimmy John's</a> founder and chairman <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_John_Liautaud" title="Jimmy John Liautaud">Jimmy John Liautaud</a> in 2017. </figcaption></figure> Brees owns a variety of restaurant businesses. In May 2015, he purchased a 25% stake in "Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar", a sports bar that originated in Baton Rouge and is currently expanding their franchising into other Gulf Coast states. In 2019, he opened a Walk-On's restaurant in <a href="/wiki/Midland,_Texas" title="Midland, Texas">Midland, Texas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-428">[426]</a> During initial talks with Walk-On's, Brees said that he was interested in bringing over some of the lessons that he had learned as a <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_John%27s" title="Jimmy John's">Jimmy John's</a> franchise owner. He currently owns nine Jimmy John's stores with a tenth under construction as of August 2019<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drew_Brees&action=edit">[update]</a>.<a href="#cite_note-429">[427]</a><a href="#cite_note-430">[428]</a> Carl Buergler, Jimmy John's director of operations, played football at Purdue with Brees.<a href="#cite_note-431">[429]</a> When Brees broke the NFL record for all-time passing yards, he sent a personalized football and letter to those players that helped him reach the milestone.<a href="#cite_note-432">[430]</a> Brees utilizes former Major League Baseball player and coach <a href="/wiki/Tom_House" title="Tom House">Tom House</a> as his mechanics coach.<a href="#cite_note-433">[431]</a><a href="#cite_note-434">[432]</a> In 2019, Brees partnered with San Diego Surf Sports to help with the local youth sports scene in the San Diego area.<a href="#cite_note-435">[433]</a> Brees follows a strict diet, avoiding <a href="/wiki/Gluten" title="Gluten">gluten</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dairy" title="Dairy">dairy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nut_(food)" title="Nut (food)">nuts</a> due to food allergies. He also has a regimented daily exercise routine, focusing on <a href="/wiki/Core_strength" class="mw-redirect" title="Core strength">core strength</a> exercises rather than heavy weight training.<a href="#cite_note-436">[434]</a> Brees was a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>, but later changed his party affiliation to Independent.<a href="#cite_note-437">[435]</a> On June 3, 2020, during the <a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests" title="George Floyd protests">George Floyd protests</a>, Brees told <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Finance" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Finance">Yahoo Finance</a> that he stood by his 2016 opinion that kneeling during the national anthem was disrespectful to the flag and to the US.<a href="#cite_note-:0-438">[436]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-439">[437]</a> Several of his teammates and other professional athletes expressed disappointment and anger at the statement.<a href="#cite_note-:1-439">[437]</a> He apologized early the next day.<a href="#cite_note-:0-438">[436]</a><a href="#cite_note-440">[438]</a> In 2023, Brees revealed that he was unable to lift any part of his right arm over his shoulder anymore. He said that the condition is a result of the shoulder injury he suffered during his time with the Chargers.<a href="#cite_note-441">[439]</a><a href="#cite_note-442">[440]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charity_and_volunteer_activities">Charity and volunteer activities</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drew_Brees_Kuwait_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Drew_Brees_Kuwait_2.jpg/170px-Drew_Brees_Kuwait_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Drew_Brees_Kuwait_2.jpg/255px-Drew_Brees_Kuwait_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Drew_Brees_Kuwait_2.jpg/340px-Drew_Brees_Kuwait_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1391" data-file-height="1672" /></a><figcaption>Brees visiting U.S. soldiers in <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, April 2007</figcaption></figure> In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated" title="Sports Illustrated">Sports Illustrated</a> described Brees as "an athlete as adored and appreciated as any in an American city today".<a href="#cite_note-443">[441]</a> When Sports Illustrated selected him for the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated_Sportsperson_of_the_Year" title="Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year">Sportsman of the Year</a> award, it said the award was "[f]or not only leading the New Orleans Saints to the first Super Bowl title in the franchise's history, but also for helping lead the city of New Orleans' rebirth after the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina". The fact that he and his family lived in New Orleans proper, instead of the suburbs like many players did, further endeared him to fans.<a href="#cite_note-SOY-198">[197]</a><a href="#cite_note-uptown-402">[400]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brees_Dream_Foundation">Brees Dream Foundation</h3></div> In 2003, Brees and his wife, Brittany, founded the Brees Dream Foundation to support cancer patients and research in memory of Brittany's aunt who died of cancer. Since Brees' move to New Orleans, the foundation has expanded to provide assistance for <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a> rebuilding projects. The foundation continues to fund and support various programs in <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, where Brees usually spends his offseasons, and <a href="/wiki/West_Lafayette,_Indiana" title="West Lafayette, Indiana">West Lafayette, Indiana</a>, where the couple's <a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">alma mater</a>, Purdue, is located and where Brees returns to visit yearly.<a href="#cite_note-444">[442]</a> Brees and his foundation have been heavily involved in <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_of_New_Orleans" title="Reconstruction of New Orleans">Hurricane Katrina recovery</a>.<a href="#cite_note-445">[443]</a> Drew and Brittany's Brees Dream Foundation announced a partnership<a href="#cite_note-446">[444]</a><a href="#cite_note-447">[445]</a> in 2007 with international children's charity Operation Kids, to rebuild and restore and recreate academic and athletic facilities, parks, and playgrounds, after-school programs, mentoring programs for the intellectually disabled, neighborhood revitalization projects and child care facilities in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>. Brees also sponsors the Rebuilding Through Brotherhood program to invite fellow Sigma Chi members to the New Orleans community to build homes with the <a href="/wiki/Habitat_for_Humanity" title="Habitat for Humanity">Habitat for Humanity</a>.<a href="#cite_note-448">[446]</a> In July 2020, Brees and his wife, Brittany, partnered with <a href="/wiki/Ochsner_Health_System" title="Ochsner Health System">Ochsner Health System</a> and donated $5 million through the Brees Dream Foundation to help build numerous healthcare centers throughout Louisiana.<a href="#cite_note-449">[447]</a><a href="#cite_note-450">[448]</a> To date, the Brees Dream Foundation has donated over $35 million to charitable causes worldwide.<a href="#cite_note-451">[449]</a> The Foundation was part of a joint initiative with BuildStrong and the Home Builders Institute to create the BuildStrong Academy. The academy offers students an opportunity to enhance their skills in the construction industry.<a href="#cite_note-452">[450]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_activities">Other activities</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Football_players_visit_Guantanamo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Football_players_visit_Guantanamo.jpg/220px-Football_players_visit_Guantanamo.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Football_players_visit_Guantanamo.jpg/330px-Football_players_visit_Guantanamo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Football_players_visit_Guantanamo.jpg/440px-Football_players_visit_Guantanamo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1406" /></a><figcaption>Brees signs autographs at <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_Naval_Base" title="Guantanamo Bay Naval Base">Guantanamo Bay Naval Base</a> on June 29, 2009, along with fellow NFL players <a href="/wiki/Billy_Miller_(American_football)" title="Billy Miller (American football)">Billy Miller</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donnie_Edwards" title="Donnie Edwards">Donnie Edwards</a>.</figcaption></figure> Brees has been on multiple <a href="/wiki/United_Service_Organizations" title="United Service Organizations">USO</a> tours throughout his career. In late June 2009, he visited the <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantanamo Bay detention camp</a>. Following his return, Brees was quoted as stating that Guantanamo captives were being treated ten times better than convicts in U.S. prisons.<a href="#cite_note-SportsRadio2009-07-30-453">[451]</a><a href="#cite_note-Nola-454">[452]</a><a href="#cite_note-455">[453]</a><a href="#cite_note-YahooBreesGuantanamo-456">[454]</a> In February 2008, Brees signed a promotional deal with <a href="/wiki/Chili%27s" title="Chili's">Chili's Grill & Bar</a> to promote the chain's new line of hamburgers.<a href="#cite_note-457">[455]</a> The promotion helped raise money for charity. In June 2008, Brees participated in the Pro Sports Team Challenge, a competition for professional athletes to help raise money for charities. The charity Brees played for was Operation Kids.<a href="#cite_note-458">[456]</a> On February 18, 2007, Brees was honored by the <a href="/wiki/Krewe_of_Bacchus" title="Krewe of Bacchus">Krewe of Bacchus</a>, a New Orleans <a href="/wiki/Mardi_Gras" title="Mardi Gras">Mardi Gras</a> parade organization, as the 2007 Grand Marshal of the Bacchus parade.<a href="#cite_note-459">[457]</a> Brees presided as Bacchus XLII for the 2010 parade on February 14, 2010, one week after the Super Bowl during Mardi Gras season.<a href="#cite_note-460">[458]</a> In June 2010, President Obama appointed Brees to be co-chair of the newly renamed <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Council_on_Sports,_Fitness,_and_Nutrition" title="President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition">President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition</a>, along with former Olympic gymnast <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Dawes" title="Dominique Dawes">Dominique Dawes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-461">[459]</a><a href="#cite_note-462">[460]</a> In October 2010, Brees appeared in an <a href="/wiki/It_Gets_Better" class="mw-redirect" title="It Gets Better">It Gets Better</a> video, in which he gave an anti-bullying message in the wake of a series of suicides committed by gay teenagers.<a href="#cite_note-463">[461]</a> In April 2018, Brees filed a lawsuit against a San Diego jeweler. The lawsuit claims Brees and his wife paid $15 million for investment-grade diamonds that an independent appraiser valued at only $6 million.<a href="#cite_note-464">[462]</a><a href="#cite_note-465">[463]</a> On June 21, 2019, Brees was awarded $6 million in the lawsuit.<a href="#cite_note-466">[464]</a> In March 2019, Brees partnered with Brandon Landry, co-founder of Walk-On's, launching a new restaurant.<a href="#cite_note-467">[465]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_major_college_football_yearly_total_offense_leaders" title="List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders">List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_gridiron_football_quarterbacks_passing_statistics" title="List of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics">List of gridiron football quarterbacks passing statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most_consecutive_games_with_touchdown_passes_in_the_National_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most consecutive games with touchdown passes in the National Football League">List of most consecutive games with touchdown passes in the National Football League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most_consecutive_starts_by_a_National_Football_League_quarterback" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most consecutive starts by a National Football League quarterback">List of most consecutive starts by a National Football League quarterback</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_career_passer_rating_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League career passer rating leaders">List of National Football League career passer rating leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_career_passing_completions_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League career passing completions leaders">List of National Football League career passing completions leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_career_passing_touchdowns_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League career passing touchdowns leaders">List of National Football League career passing touchdowns leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_career_passing_yards_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League career passing yards leaders">List of National Football League career passing yards leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_career_quarterback_wins_leaders" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League career quarterback wins leaders">List of National Football League career quarterback wins leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Football_League_quarterback_playoff_records" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Football League quarterback playoff records">List of National Football League quarterback playoff records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_quarterbacks_who_have_passed_for_500_or_more_yards_in_a_game" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NFL quarterbacks who have passed for 500 or more yards in a game">List of NFL quarterbacks who have passed for 500 or more yards in a game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_quarterbacks_who_have_posted_a_perfect_passer_rating" class="mw-redirect" title="List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating">List of NFL quarterbacks who have posted a perfect passer rating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NFL_quarterbacks_with_5,000_passing_yards_in_a_season" title="List of NFL quarterbacks with 5,000 passing yards in a season">List of NFL quarterbacks with 5,000 passing yards in a season</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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J. Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reid_(singer)" title="Mike Reid (singer)">Reid</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Plunkett" title="Jim Plunkett">Plunkett</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Marinaro" title="Ed Marinaro">Marinaro</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Van_Pelt" title="Brad Van Pelt">Van Pelt</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/John_Cappelletti" title="John Cappelletti">Cappelletti</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Joachim" title="Steve Joachim">Joachim</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Griffin" title="Archie Griffin">Griffin</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Dorsett" title="Tony Dorsett">Dorsett</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Ross_Browner" title="Ross Browner">Browner</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Fusina" title="Chuck Fusina">Fusina</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Charles_White_(American_football)" title="Charles White (American football)">C. 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Walker</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Rozier" title="Mike Rozier">Rozier</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Flutie" title="Doug Flutie">Flutie</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Long" title="Chuck Long">Long</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Vinny_Testaverde" title="Vinny Testaverde">Testaverde</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Don_McPherson" title="Don McPherson">McPherson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Thompson_(American_football)" title="Anthony Thompson (American football)">Thompson</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Ty_Detmer" title="Ty Detmer">Detmer</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Howard" title="Desmond Howard">Howard</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Gino_Torretta" title="Gino Torretta">Torretta</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Ward" title="Charlie Ward">Ward</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Collins" title="Kerry Collins">Collins</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_George" title="Eddie George">George</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Danny_Wuerffel" title="Danny Wuerffel">Wuerffel</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">P. Manning</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Williams" title="Ricky Williams">R. Williams</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dayne" title="Ron Dayne">Dayne</a></li> <li>2000: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brees</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Dorsey" title="Ken Dorsey">Dorsey</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Johnson_(running_back)" title="Larry Johnson (running back)">Johnson</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">E. Manning</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Jason_White_(American_football)" title="Jason White (American football)">J. White</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Vince_Young" title="Vince Young">V. Young</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Brady_Quinn" title="Brady Quinn">Quinn</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tebow" title="Tim Tebow">Tebow</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Tim_Tebow" title="Tim Tebow">Tebow</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Colt_McCoy" title="Colt McCoy">McCoy</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Newton</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Luck" title="Andrew Luck">Luck</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Manti_Te%27o" title="Manti Te'o">Te'o</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/A._J._McCarron" title="A. J. McCarron">McCarron</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mariota" title="Marcus Mariota">Mariota</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Henry" title="Derrick Henry">Henry</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Baker_Mayfield" title="Baker Mayfield">Mayfield</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Tua_Tagovailoa" title="Tua Tagovailoa">Tagovailoa</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burrow" title="Joe Burrow">Burrow</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/DeVonta_Smith" title="DeVonta Smith">Smith</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Bryce_Young" title="Bryce Young">B. Young</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Caleb_Williams" title="Caleb Williams">C. Williams</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Penix_Jr." title="Michael Penix Jr.">Penix Jr.</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Ashton_Jeanty" title="Ashton Jeanty">Jeanty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Big_Ten_Conference_Football_Player_of_the_Year182" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Big_Ten_Conference_Football_Player_of_the_Year_navbox" title="Template:Big Ten Conference Football Player of the Year navbox"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Big_Ten_Conference_Football_Player_of_the_Year_navbox" title="Template talk:Big Ten Conference Football Player of the Year navbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Big_Ten_Conference_Football_Player_of_the_Year_navbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Big Ten Conference Football Player of the Year navbox"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Big_Ten_Conference_Football_Player_of_the_Year182" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference_football_individual_awards#Player_of_the_Year" title="Big Ten Conference football individual awards">Big Ten Conference Football Player of the Year</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Overall</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Carter_(American_football)" title="Anthony Carter (American football)">An. Carter</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Don_Thorp" title="Don Thorp">Thorp</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Byars" title="Keith Byars">Byars</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Long" title="Chuck Long">Long</a> & <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_White" title="Lorenzo White">L. White</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Harbaugh" title="Jim Harbaugh">Harbaugh</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Lorenzo_White" title="Lorenzo White">L. White</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ernie_Jones_(wide_receiver)" title="Ernie Jones (wide receiver)">E. Jones</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Thompson_(American_football)" title="Anthony Thompson (American football)">A. Thompson</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Thompson_(American_football)" title="Anthony Thompson (American football)">A. Thompson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Offensive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Nick_Bell_(American_football)" title="Nick Bell (American football)">N. Bell</a> & <a href="/wiki/Matt_Rodgers" title="Matt Rodgers">Rodgers</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jon_Vaughn" title="Jon Vaughn">Vaughn</a> & <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tico_Duckett&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tico Duckett (page does not exist)">Duckett</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Desmond_Howard" title="Desmond Howard">De. Howard</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Tyrone_Wheatley" title="Tyrone Wheatley">Wheatley</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Brent_Moss" title="Brent Moss">Moss</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Collins" title="Kerry Collins">Collins</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_George" title="Eddie George">George</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Pace" title="Orlando Pace">Pace</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Enis" title="Curtis Enis">Enis</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tavian_Banks" title="Tavian Banks">T. Banks</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Germaine" title="Joe Germaine">Germaine</a> & <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brees</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dayne" title="Ron Dayne">Dayne</a></li> <li>2000 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brees</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Antwaan_Randle_El" title="Antwaan Randle El">Randle El</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Brad_Banks" title="Brad Banks">B. Banks</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Perry_(American_football)" title="Chris Perry (American football)">Perry</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Braylon_Edwards" title="Braylon Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Robinson_(fullback)" title="Michael Robinson (fullback)">M. Robinson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Brett_Basanez" title="Brett Basanez">Basanez</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Smith" title="Troy Smith">T. Smith</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Rashard_Mendenhall" title="Rashard Mendenhall">Mendenhall</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Shonn_Greene" title="Shonn Greene">Greene</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/John_Clay_(running_back)" title="John Clay (running back)">Clay</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Denard_Robinson" title="Denard Robinson">D. Robinson</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Montee_Ball" title="Montee Ball">Ball</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Braxton_Miller" title="Braxton Miller">Miller</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Braxton_Miller" title="Braxton Miller">Miller</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Gordon" title="Melvin Gordon">Gordon</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Ezekiel_Elliott" title="Ezekiel Elliott">Elliott</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Saquon_Barkley" title="Saquon Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Saquon_Barkley" title="Saquon Barkley">Barkley</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Dwayne_Haskins" title="Dwayne Haskins">Haskins</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Fields" title="Justin Fields">Fields</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Fields" title="Justin Fields">Fields</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/C._J._Stroud" title="C. J. Stroud">Stroud</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/C._J._Stroud" title="C. J. Stroud">Stroud</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Harrison_Jr." title="Marvin Harrison Jr.">Harrison Jr.</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Dillon_Gabriel" title="Dillon Gabriel">Gabriel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Defensive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Moe_Gardner" title="Moe Gardner">Gardner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Darrick_Brownlow" title="Darrick Brownlow">Brownlow</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Smith_(American_football)" title="Leroy Smith (American football)">L. Smith</a> & <a href="/wiki/Troy_Vincent" title="Troy Vincent">Vincent</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Tovar" title="Steve Tovar">Tovar</a> & <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zgonina" title="Jeff Zgonina">Zgonina</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Dana_Howard" title="Dana Howard">Da. Howard</a> & <a href="/wiki/Dan_Wilkinson" title="Dan Wilkinson">Wilkinson</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Dana_Howard" title="Dana Howard">Da. Howard</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Shawn_Springs" title="Shawn Springs">Springs</a> & <a href="/wiki/Pat_Fitzgerald" title="Pat Fitzgerald">Fitzgerald</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">Woodson</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/LaVar_Arrington" title="LaVar Arrington">Arrington</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tom_Burke_(American_football)" title="Tom Burke (American football)">Burke</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Brown_(defensive_end)" title="Courtney Brown (defensive end)">Brown</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Jamar_Fletcher" title="Jamar Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Foote" title="Larry Foote">Foote</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Doss" title="Mike Doss">Doss</a> & <a href="/wiki/Michael_Haynes_(defensive_lineman)" title="Michael Haynes (defensive lineman)">Haynes</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Will_Smith_(defensive_end)" title="Will Smith (defensive end)">W. Smith</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_James" title="Erasmus James">James</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/A._J._Hawk" title="A. J. Hawk">Hawk</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/LaMarr_Woodley" title="LaMarr Woodley">Woodley</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/James_Laurinaitis" title="James Laurinaitis">Laurinaitis</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/James_Laurinaitis" title="James Laurinaitis">Laurinaitis</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Jared_Odrick" title="Jared Odrick">Odrick</a> & <a href="/wiki/Greg_Jones_(linebacker,_born_1988)" title="Greg Jones (linebacker, born 1988)">G. Jones</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Kerrigan" title="Ryan Kerrigan">Kerrigan</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Devon_Still" title="Devon Still">Still</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/John_Simon_(linebacker)" title="John Simon (linebacker)">Simon</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Borland" title="Chris Borland">Borland</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Joey_Bosa" title="Joey Bosa">Bosa</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Nassib" title="Carl Nassib">Nassib</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Jabrill_Peppers" title="Jabrill Peppers">Peppers</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Josey_Jewell" title="Josey Jewell">Jewell</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Devin_Bush_Jr." title="Devin Bush Jr.">Bush Jr.</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Chase_Young" title="Chase Young">Young</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Daviyon_Nixon" title="Daviyon Nixon">Nixon</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Aidan_Hutchinson" title="Aidan Hutchinson">Hutchinson</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Campbell_(American_football)" title="Jack Campbell (American football)">Campbell</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Jer%27Zhan_Newton" title="Jer'Zhan Newton">Newton</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Carter" title="Abdul Carter">Ab. Carter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0088CE;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;;width:1%">Freshman</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Thompson" title="Darrell Thompson">D. Thompson</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Lowery_(American_football)" title="Tony Lowery (American football)">Lowery</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Fox_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Fox (American football) (page does not exist)">Fox</a> & <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Sutter" title="Eddie Sutter">Sutter</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Hunter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric Hunter (page does not exist)">Hunter</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Smith_(running_back)" title="Robert Smith (running back)">R. Smith</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Corey_Rogers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corey Rogers (page does not exist)">Rogers</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Korey_Stringer" title="Korey Stringer">Stringer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Simeon_Rice" title="Simeon Rice">Rice</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Reggie_Garnett&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reggie Garnett (page does not exist)">Garnett</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Pace" title="Orlando Pace">Pace</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Woodson" title="Charles Woodson">Woodson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Enis" title="Curtis Enis">Enis</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Dayne" title="Ron Dayne">Dayne</a> & <a href="/wiki/Andy_Katzenmoyer" title="Andy Katzenmoyer">Katzenmoyer</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Anthony Thomas (American football)">Thomas</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Antwaan_Randle_El" title="Antwaan Randle El">Randle El</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Brooks_Bollinger" title="Brooks Bollinger">Bollinger</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Schweigert" title="Stuart Schweigert">Schweigert</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Davis_(running_back,_born_1982)" title="Anthony Davis (running back, born 1982)">Davis</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Clarett" title="Maurice Clarett">Clarett</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Breaston" title="Steve Breaston">Breaston</a> & <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Maroney" title="Laurence Maroney">Maroney</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Hart_(American_football)" title="Mike Hart (American football)">Hart </a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Tyrell_Sutton" title="Tyrell Sutton">Sutton</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/P._J._Hill" title="P. J. Hill">Hill</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Arrelious_Benn" title="Arrelious Benn">Benn</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Terrelle_Pryor" title="Terrelle Pryor">Pryor</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Borland" title="Chris Borland">Borland</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/James_White_(running_back)" title="James White (running back)">J. White</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Braxton_Miller" title="Braxton Miller">Miller</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Deion_Barnes" title="Deion Barnes">Barnes</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Christian_Hackenberg" title="Christian Hackenberg">Hackenberg</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/J._T._Barrett" title="J. T. Barrett">Barrett</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Jabrill_Peppers" title="Jabrill Peppers">Peppers</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Weber_(American_football)" title="Mike Weber (American football)">Weber</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jonathan Taylor (American football)">Taylor</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Rondale_Moore" title="Rondale Moore">Moore</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/David_Bell_(American_football)" title="David Bell (American football)">D. Bell</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Joseph" title="Brandon Joseph">Joseph</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/C._J._Stroud" title="C. J. Stroud">Stroud</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Singleton" title="Nicholas Singleton">Singleton</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Dillon_Thieneman" title="Dillon Thieneman">Thieneman</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Smith_(American_football)" title="Jeremiah Smith (American football)">J. 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(1961–2016)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Kemp" title="Jack Kemp">Jack Kemp</a> (1960–1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Clatterbuck" title="Bob Clatterbuck">Bob Clatterbuck</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hadl" title="John Hadl">John Hadl</a> (1962, 1964–1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Wood" title="Dick Wood">Dick Wood</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobin_Rote" title="Tobin Rote">Tobin Rote</a> (1963–1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Tensi" title="Steve Tensi">Steve Tensi</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Domres" title="Marty Domres">Marty Domres</a> (1969–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Dan Fouts</a> (1973–1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Clark_(American_football)" title="Wayne Clark (American football)">Wayne Clark</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Johnny Unitas</a> 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title="Billy Kilmer">Billy Kilmer</a> (1967–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Sweetan" title="Karl Sweetan">Karl Sweetan</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Lee_South" title="Ronnie Lee South">Ronnie Lee South</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edd_Hargett" title="Edd Hargett">Edd Hargett</a> (1970–1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Manning" title="Archie Manning">Archie Manning</a> (1971–1975, 1977–1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Scott_(American_football)" title="Bobby Scott (American football)">Bobby Scott</a> (1973–1974, 1976–1977, 1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Cipa" title="Larry Cipa">Larry Cipa</a> (1974–1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Douglass" title="Bobby Douglass">Bobby Douglass</a> (1976–1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Dave Wilson (American football)">Dave Wilson</a> (1981, 1983–1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Ken Stabler</a> (1982–1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guido_Merkens" 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Young">Young</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Johnson_(defensive_end)" title="Joe Johnson (defensive end)">Johnson</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Garrison_Hearst" title="Garrison Hearst">Hearst</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Maddox" title="Tommy Maddox">Maddox</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Jon_Kitna" title="Jon Kitna">Kitna</a></li> <li>2004: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brees</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Tedy_Bruschi" title="Tedy Bruschi">Bruschi</a> & <a href="/wiki/Steve_Smith_Sr." title="Steve Smith Sr.">S. 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Williams</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Duerson" title="Dave Duerson">Duerson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent" title="Steve Largent">Largent</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Moon</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Anthony Muñoz">Muñoz</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/John_Elway" title="John Elway">Elway</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Thomas" title="Derrick Thomas">Thomas</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Junior_Seau" title="Junior Seau">Seau</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Boomer_Esiason" title="Boomer Esiason">Esiason</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">Green</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Aikman" title="Troy Aikman">Aikman</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Marino</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Cris_Carter" title="Cris Carter">Carter</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Flanigan" title="Jim Flanigan">Flanigan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Brooks" title="Derrick Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Jerome_Bettis" title="Jerome Bettis">Bettis</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Vincent" title="Troy Vincent">Vincent</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Will_Shields" title="Will Shields">Shields</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Warrick_Dunn" title="Warrick Dunn">Dunn</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">P. Manning</a></li> <li>2006: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brees</a> & <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jason Taylor (American football)">Taylor</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Waters" title="Brian Waters">Waters</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Madieu_Williams" title="Madieu Williams">M. Williams</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Birk" title="Matt Birk">Birk</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Witten" title="Jason Witten">Witten</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Charles_Tillman" title="Charles Tillman">Tillman</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Davis_Sr." title="Thomas Davis Sr.">Davis</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Anquan_Boldin" title="Anquan Boldin">Boldin</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Fitzgerald" title="Larry Fitzgerald">Fitzgerald</a> & <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">E. Manning</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">Watt</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Long" title="Chris Long">Long</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Calais_Campbell" title="Calais Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Wilson" title="Russell Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Whitworth" title="Andrew Whitworth">Whitworth</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Dak_Prescott" title="Dak Prescott">Prescott</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Heyward" title="Cameron Heyward">Heyward</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Arik_Armstead" title="Arik Armstead">Armstead</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="AP_NFL_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award_winners1976" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:AP_Offensive_Players_of_the_Year" title="Template:AP Offensive Players of the Year"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:AP_Offensive_Players_of_the_Year" title="Template talk:AP Offensive Players of the Year"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:AP_Offensive_Players_of_the_Year" title="Special:EditPage/Template:AP Offensive Players of the Year"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="AP_NFL_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award_winners1976" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/AP_NFL_Offensive_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award">AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(running_back)" title="Larry Brown (running back)">Brown</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton" title="Fran Tarkenton">Tarkenton</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Bert_Jones" title="Bert Jones">Jones</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Payton</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Fouts</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Theismann" title="Joe Theismann">Theismann</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Marino</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Allen" title="Marcus Allen">Allen</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Dickerson" title="Eric Dickerson">Dickerson</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Rice</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Craig_(American_football)" title="Roger Craig (American football)">Craig</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Moon</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Thurman_Thomas" title="Thurman Thomas">T. Thomas</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Rice</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Terrell_Davis" title="Terrell Davis">Davis</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Priest_Holmes" title="Priest Holmes">Holmes</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Jamal_Lewis_(American_football)" title="Jamal Lewis (American football)">Lewis</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Alexander" title="Shaun Alexander">Alexander</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a></li> <li>2008: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brees</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Johnson_(running_back)" title="Chris Johnson (running back)">Johnson</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a></li> <li>2011: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brees</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Peterson</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/DeMarco_Murray" title="DeMarco Murray">Murray</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Newton</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Ryan</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Todd_Gurley" title="Todd Gurley">Gurley</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Mahomes</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Thomas_(wide_receiver,_born_1993)" title="Michael Thomas (wide receiver, born 1993)">M. Thomas</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Henry" title="Derrick Henry">Henry</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Cooper_Kupp" title="Cooper Kupp">Kupp</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Justin_Jefferson" title="Justin Jefferson">Jefferson</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Christian_McCaffrey" title="Christian McCaffrey">McCaffrey</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Saquon_Barkley" title="Saquon Barkley">Barkley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Bert_Bell_Award_winners2395" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Bert_Bell_Award" title="Template:Bert Bell Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bert_Bell_Award" title="Template talk:Bert Bell Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bert_Bell_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bert Bell Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Bert_Bell_Award_winners2395" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Bert_Bell_Award" title="Bert Bell Award">Bert Bell Award</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a> </li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Norm_Van_Brocklin" title="Norm Van Brocklin">Van Brocklin</a> </li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hornung" title="Paul Hornung">Hornung</a> </li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Robustelli" title="Andy Robustelli">Robustelli</a> </li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Brown" title="Jim Brown">J. Brown</a> </li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a> </li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Pete_Retzlaff" title="Pete Retzlaff">Retzlaff</a> </li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Don_Meredith" title="Don Meredith">Meredith</a> </li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a> </li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Leroy_Kelly" title="Leroy Kelly">Kelly</a> </li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Roman_Gabriel" title="Roman Gabriel">Gabriel</a> </li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/George_Blanda" title="George Blanda">Blanda</a> </li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a> </li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(running_back)" title="Larry Brown (running back)">L. Brown</a> </li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">Simpson</a> </li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Merlin_Olsen" title="Merlin Olsen">Olsen</a> </li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton" title="Fran Tarkenton">Tarkenton</a> </li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a> </li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Griese</a> </li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Bradshaw</a> </li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Campbell" title="Earl Campbell">Campbell</a> </li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Jaworski" title="Ron Jaworski">Jaworski</a> </li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a> </li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Theismann" title="Joe Theismann">Theismann</a> </li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/John_Riggins" title="John Riggins">Riggins</a> </li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Marino</a> </li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Walter_Payton" title="Walter Payton">Payton</a> </li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor" title="Lawrence Taylor">L. Taylor</a> </li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Rice" title="Jerry Rice">Rice</a> </li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Randall_Cunningham" title="Randall Cunningham">Cunningham</a> </li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a> </li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Randall_Cunningham" title="Randall Cunningham">Cunningham</a> </li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a> </li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a> </li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Emmitt_Smith" title="Emmitt Smith">Smith</a> </li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a> </li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a> </li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a> </li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Sanders" title="Barry Sanders">Sanders</a> </li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Randall_Cunningham" title="Randall Cunningham">Cunningham</a> </li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a> </li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gannon" title="Rich Gannon">Gannon</a> </li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Faulk" title="Marshall Faulk">Faulk</a> </li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Rich_Gannon" title="Rich Gannon">Gannon</a> </li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a> </li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a> </li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Shaun_Alexander" title="Shaun Alexander">Alexander</a> </li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a> </li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Brady</a> </li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Peterson</a> </li> <li>2009: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brees</a> </li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Vick" title="Michael Vick">Vick</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Rodgers</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Peterson" title="Adrian Peterson">Peterson</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/J._J._Watt" title="J. J. Watt">Watt</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Cam_Newton" title="Cam Newton">Newton</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Matt_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Matt Ryan (American football)">Ryan</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Carson_Wentz" title="Carson Wentz">Wentz</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mahomes" title="Patrick Mahomes">Mahomes</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li>2020: No award given</li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Jonathan Taylor (American football)">J. Taylor</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Jalen_Hurts" title="Jalen Hurts">Hurts</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Jackson" title="Lamar Jackson">Jackson</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Saquon_Barkley" title="Saquon Barkley">Barkley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Bart_Starr_Award_winners1414" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Bart_Starr_Award" title="Template:Bart Starr Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Bart_Starr_Award" title="Template talk:Bart Starr Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Bart_Starr_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Bart Starr Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Bart_Starr_Award_winners1414" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr_Award" title="Bart Starr Award">Bart Starr Award</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Largent" title="Steve Largent">Largent</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Anthony Muñoz">Munoz</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">White</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Gill_Byrd" title="Gill Byrd">Byrd</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Moon" title="Warren Moon">Moon</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Cris_Carter" title="Cris Carter">Carter</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Slater" title="Jackie Slater">J. Slater</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Green" title="Darrell Green">Green</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Irving_Fryar" title="Irving Fryar">Fryar</a> & <a href="/wiki/Brent_Jones" title="Brent Jones">Jones</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Robinson_(American_football)" title="Eugene Robinson (American football)">Robinson</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Aeneas_Williams" title="Aeneas Williams">Williams</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Matthews_(American_football)" title="Bruce Matthews (American football)">Matthews</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Darren_Woodson" title="Darren Woodson">Woodson</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Trent_Dilfer" title="Trent Dilfer">Dilfer</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Derrick_Brooks" title="Derrick Brooks">Brooks</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Vincent" title="Troy Vincent">Vincent</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Martin" title="Curtis Martin">Martin</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(American_football)" title="John Lynch (American football)">Lynch</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/LaDainian_Tomlinson" title="LaDainian Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Warrick_Dunn" title="Warrick Dunn">Dunn</a></li> <li>2010: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></li> <li>2011: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brees</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/London_Fletcher" title="London Fletcher">Fletcher</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/Jason_Witten" title="Jason Witten">Witten</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Rodgers</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">P. Manning</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Davis_Sr." title="Thomas Davis Sr.">T. Davis</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Slater" title="Matthew Slater">M. Slater</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Watson" class="mw-redirect" title="Benjamin Watson">Watson</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Calais_Campbell" title="Calais Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">E. Manning</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Demario_Davis" title="Demario Davis">D. Davis</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Russell_Wilson" title="Russell Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Cousins" title="Kirk Cousins">Cousins</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Minkah_Fitzpatrick" title="Minkah Fitzpatrick">Fitzpatrick</a></li> <li>2025: <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Jordan" title="Cameron Jordan">Jordan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NFLPA_Alan_Page_Community_Award_winners2334" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:NFLPA_Alan_Page_Community_Award" title="Template:NFLPA Alan Page Community Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:NFLPA_Alan_Page_Community_Award" title="Template talk:NFLPA Alan Page Community Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:NFLPA_Alan_Page_Community_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:NFLPA Alan Page Community Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="NFLPA_Alan_Page_Community_Award_winners2334" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/NFLPA_Alan_Page_Community_Award" title="NFLPA Alan Page Community Award">NFLPA Alan Page Community Award</a> winners</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Davis_(defensive_end)" title="Willie Davis (defensive end)">W. Davis</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Meador" class="mw-redirect" title="Ed Meador">Meador</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/Gale_Sayers" title="Gale Sayers">Sayers</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Kermit_Alexander" title="Kermit Alexander">Alexander</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Ray_May" title="Ray May">May</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Andy_Russell_(American_football)" title="Andy Russell (American football)">Russell</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Floyd_Little" title="Floyd Little">Little</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Bleier" title="Rocky Bleier">Bleier</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Hart_(American_football)" title="Jim Hart (American football)">Hart</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Lyle_Alzado" title="Lyle Alzado">Alzado</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Archie_Manning" title="Archie Manning">A. Manning</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Gene_Upshaw" title="Gene Upshaw">Upshaw</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Houston" title="Ken Houston">Houston</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Franco_Harris" title="Franco Harris">Harris</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Doug_Dieken" title="Doug Dieken">Dieken</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Rolf_Benirschke" title="Rolf Benirschke">Benirschke</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Williams_(linebacker)" title="Reggie Williams (linebacker)">Williams</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Nat_Moore" title="Nat Moore">Moore</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/George_Martin_(American_football)" title="George Martin (American football)">Martin</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Deron_Cherry" title="Deron Cherry">Cherry</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Singletary" title="Mike Singletary">Singletary</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Ozzie_Newsome" title="Ozzie Newsome">Newsome</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Mike_Kenn" title="Mike Kenn">Kenn</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Reggie_White" title="Reggie White">R. 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Davis</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Jenkins" title="Malcolm Jenkins">Jenkins</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Long" title="Chris Long">Long</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Whitworth" title="Andrew Whitworth">Whitworth</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/Brandon_Copeland_(linebacker)" title="Brandon Copeland (linebacker)">Copeland</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Hayden_Hurst" title="Hayden Hurst">Hurst</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Rodney_McLeod" title="Rodney McLeod">McLeod</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Damar_Hamlin" title="Damar Hamlin">Hamlin</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Calais_Campbell" title="Calais Campbell">Campbell</a></li></ul> Previously named the Byron "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award, after Byron "Whizzer" White, the award was renamed in the fall of 2018 in honor of Alan Page. </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Hartley</a></li> <li>6 <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Morstead" title="Thomas Morstead">Thomas Morstead</a></li> <li>9 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Drew Brees</a> (<a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award">MVP</a>)</li> <li>10 <a href="/wiki/Chase_Daniel" title="Chase Daniel">Chase Daniel</a></li> <li>11 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Brunell" title="Mark Brunell">Mark Brunell</a></li> <li>12 <a href="/wiki/Marques_Colston" title="Marques Colston">Marques Colston</a></li> <li>13 <a href="/wiki/Rod_Harper" title="Rod Harper">Rod Harper</a></li> <li>14 <a href="/wiki/D%27Juan_Woods" title="D'Juan Woods">D'Juan Woods</a></li> <li>15 <a href="/wiki/Courtney_Roby" title="Courtney Roby">Courtney Roby</a></li> <li>16 <a href="/wiki/Lance_Moore" title="Lance Moore">Lance Moore</a></li> <li>17 <a href="/wiki/Robert_Meachem" title="Robert Meachem">Robert Meachem</a></li> <li>19 <a href="/wiki/Devery_Henderson" title="Devery Henderson">Devery Henderson</a></li> <li>20 <a href="/wiki/Randall_Gay" title="Randall Gay">Randall Gay</a></li> <li>21 <a href="/wiki/Mike_Bell_(running_back)" title="Mike Bell (running back)">Mike Bell</a></li> <li>22 <a href="/wiki/Tracy_Porter" title="Tracy Porter">Tracy Porter</a></li> <li>23 <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Thomas_(American_football)" title="Pierre Thomas (American football)">Pierre Thomas</a></li> <li>24 <a href="/wiki/Leigh_Torrence" title="Leigh Torrence">Leigh Torrence</a></li> <li>25 <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Bush" title="Reggie Bush">Reggie Bush</a></li> <li>26 <a href="/wiki/Deuce_McAllister" title="Deuce McAllister">Deuce McAllister</a> </li> <li>27 <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Jenkins" title="Malcolm Jenkins">Malcolm Jenkins</a></li> <li>28 <a href="/wiki/Usama_Young" title="Usama Young">Usama Young</a></li> <li>29 <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Sharpe" title="Glenn Sharpe">Glenn Sharpe</a></li> <li>30 <a href="/wiki/Lynell_Hamilton" title="Lynell Hamilton">Lynell Hamilton</a></li> <li>31 <a href="/wiki/Pierson_Prioleau" title="Pierson Prioleau">Pierson Prioleau</a></li> <li>32 <a href="/wiki/Jabari_Greer" title="Jabari Greer">Jabari Greer</a></li> <li>35 <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Jones_(cornerback,_born_1986)" title="Reggie Jones (cornerback, born 1986)">Reggie Jones</a></li> <li>36 <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Eckel" title="Kyle Eckel">Kyle Eckel</a></li> <li>37 <a href="/wiki/Chip_Vaughn" title="Chip Vaughn">Chip Vaughn</a></li> <li>38 <a href="/wiki/Greg_Fassitt" title="Greg Fassitt">Greg Fassitt</a></li> <li>39 <a href="/wiki/Chris_Reis" title="Chris Reis">Chris Reis</a></li> <li>41 <a href="/wiki/Roman_Harper" title="Roman Harper">Roman Harper</a></li> <li>42 <a href="/wiki/Darren_Sharper" title="Darren Sharper">Darren Sharper</a></li> <li>44 <a href="/wiki/Heath_Evans" title="Heath Evans">Heath Evans</a></li> <li>46 <a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mailei" title="Marcus Mailei">Marcus Mailei</a></li> <li>50 <a href="/wiki/Marvin_Mitchell" title="Marvin Mitchell">Marvin Mitchell</a></li> <li>51 <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Vilma" title="Jonathan Vilma">Jonathan Vilma</a></li> <li>52 <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Casillas" title="Jonathan Casillas">Jonathan Casillas</a></li> <li>53 <a href="/wiki/Mark_Simoneau" title="Mark Simoneau">Mark Simoneau</a></li> <li>54 <a href="/wiki/Troy_Evans_(American_football)" title="Troy Evans (American football)">Troy Evans</a></li> <li>55 <a href="/wiki/Scott_Fujita" title="Scott Fujita">Scott Fujita</a></li> <li>56 <a href="/wiki/Jo-Lonn_Dunbar" title="Jo-Lonn Dunbar">Jo-Lonn Dunbar</a></li> <li>57 <a href="/wiki/Jason_Kyle" title="Jason Kyle">Jason Kyle</a></li> <li>58 <a href="/wiki/Scott_Shanle" title="Scott Shanle">Scott Shanle</a></li> <li>59 <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Waters" title="Anthony Waters">Anthony Waters</a></li> <li>60 <a href="/wiki/Nick_Leckey" title="Nick Leckey">Nick Leckey</a></li> <li>63 <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Favorite" title="Marlon Favorite">Marlon Favorite</a></li> <li>64 <a href="/wiki/Zach_Strief" title="Zach Strief">Zach Strief</a></li> <li>66 <a href="/wiki/Earl_Heyman" title="Earl Heyman">Earl Heyman</a></li> <li>67 <a href="/wiki/Jamar_Nesbit" title="Jamar Nesbit">Jamar Nesbit</a></li> <li>69 <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hargrove" title="Anthony Hargrove">Anthony Hargrove</a></li> <li>70 <a href="/wiki/Jammal_Brown" title="Jammal Brown">Jammal Brown</a></li> <li>71 <a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Clancy" title="Kendrick Clancy">Kendrick Clancy</a></li> <li>72 <a href="/wiki/Tim_Duckworth_(American_football)" title="Tim Duckworth (American football)">Tim Duckworth</a></li> <li>73 <a href="/wiki/Jahri_Evans" title="Jahri Evans">Jahri Evans</a></li> <li>74 <a href="/wiki/Jermon_Bushrod" title="Jermon Bushrod">Jermon Bushrod</a></li> <li>75 <a href="/wiki/Na%27Shan_Goddard" title="Na'Shan Goddard">Na'Shan Goddard</a></li> <li>76 <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Goodwin_(American_football)" title="Jonathan Goodwin (American football)">Jonathan Goodwin</a></li> <li>77 <a href="/wiki/Carl_Nicks_(American_football)" title="Carl Nicks (American football)">Carl Nicks</a></li> <li>78 <a href="/wiki/Jon_Stinchcomb" title="Jon Stinchcomb">Jon Stinchcomb</a></li> <li>79 <a href="/wiki/Jermey_Parnell" title="Jermey Parnell">Jermey Parnell</a></li> <li>80 <a href="/wiki/Darnell_Dinkins" title="Darnell Dinkins">Darnell Dinkins</a></li> <li>82 <a href="/wiki/Tyler_Lorenzen" title="Tyler Lorenzen">Tyler Lorenzen</a></li> <li>83 <a href="/wiki/Billy_Miller_(American_football)" title="Billy Miller (American football)">Billy Miller</a></li> <li>84 <a href="/wiki/Tory_Humphrey" title="Tory Humphrey">Tory Humphrey</a></li> <li>85 <a href="/wiki/David_Thomas_(American_football)" title="David Thomas (American football)">David Thomas</a></li> <li>87 <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Arrington" title="Adrian Arrington">Adrian Arrington</a></li> <li>88 <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Shockey" title="Jeremy Shockey">Jeremy Shockey</a></li> <li>89 <a href="/wiki/Dan_Campbell" title="Dan Campbell">Dan Campbell</a></li> <li>90 <a 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Danowski">Danowski</a></li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/Parker_Hall_(American_football)" title="Parker Hall (American football)">Hall</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Filchock" title="Frank Filchock">Filchock</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Waterfield" title="Bob Waterfield">Waterfield</a></li> <li>1951: <a 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A. Tittle">Tittle</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/John_Brodie" title="John Brodie">Brodie</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Milt_Plum" title="Milt Plum">Plum</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bill_Wade" title="Bill Wade">Wade</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Milt_Plum" title="Milt Plum">Plum</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Milt_Plum" title="Milt Plum">Plum</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Y._A._Tittle" title="Y. A. 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Griese</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Fouts</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bartkowski" title="Steve Bartkowski">Bartkowski</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Eric_Hipple" title="Eric Hipple">Hipple</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Wade_Wilson_(American_football)" title="Wade Wilson (American football)">Wilson</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly" title="Jim Kelly">Kelly</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Dave_Krieg" title="Dave Krieg">Krieg</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Troy_Aikman" title="Troy Aikman">Aikman</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Beuerlein" title="Steve Beuerlein">Beuerlein</a> & <a href="/wiki/Brett_Favre" title="Brett Favre">Favre</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Chad_Pennington" title="Chad Pennington">Pennington</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Peyton_Manning" title="Peyton Manning">Manning</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Griese" title="Brian Griese">Br. 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title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Isbell" title="Cecil Isbell">Isbell</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Isbell" title="Cecil Isbell">Isbell</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Irv_Comp" title="Irv Comp">Comp</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lujack" title="Johnny Lujack">Lujack</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Layne</a></li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Layne" title="Bobby Layne">Layne</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Graham</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Graham</a></li> 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Layne">Layne</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Finks" title="Jim Finks">Finks</a> & <a href="/wiki/Otto_Graham" title="Otto Graham">Graham</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Thomason" title="Bobby Thomason">Thomason</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Burk" title="Adrian Burk">Burk</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Tobin_Rote" title="Tobin Rote">Rote</a> & <a href="/wiki/Y._A._Tittle" title="Y. A. Tittle">Tittle</a> </li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Tobin_Rote" title="Tobin Rote">Rote</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Jurgensen</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Y._A._Tittle" title="Y. A. Tittle">Tittle</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Y._A._Tittle" title="Y. A. Tittle">Tittle</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Frank Ryan (American football)">Ryan</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/John_Brodie" title="John Brodie">Brodie</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ryan_(American_football)" title="Frank Ryan (American football)">Ryan</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Jurgensen</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Morrall" title="Earl Morrall">Morrall</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Roman_Gabriel" title="Roman Gabriel">Gabriel</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/John_Brodie" title="John Brodie">Brodie</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/John_Hadl" title="John Hadl">Hadl</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Billy_Kilmer" title="Billy Kilmer">Kilmer</a> & <a href="/wiki/Joe_Namath" title="Joe Namath">Namath</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Roman_Gabriel" title="Roman Gabriel">Gabriel</a> & <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Ferguson" title="Joe Ferguson">Ferguson</a> & <a href="/wiki/Fran_Tarkenton" title="Fran Tarkenton">Tarkenton</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Griese</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Bradshaw</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Grogan" title="Steve Grogan">Grogan</a> & <a href="/wiki/Brian_Sipe" title="Brian Sipe">Sipe</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bartkowski" title="Steve Bartkowski">Bartkowski</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Fouts</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Bradshaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Fouts</a> & <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Dickey" title="Lynn 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title="Patrick Mahomes">Mahomes</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Dak_Prescott" title="Dak Prescott">Prescott</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Burrow" title="Joe Burrow">Burrow</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="NFL_annual_passer_rating_leaders77" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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Herber">Herber</a></li> <li>1937: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Danowski" title="Ed Danowski">Danowski</a> </li> <li>1938: <a href="/wiki/Ed_Danowski" title="Ed Danowski">Danowski</a></li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/Arnie_Herber" title="Arnie Herber">Herber</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Isbell" title="Cecil Isbell">Isbell</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Filchock" title="Frank Filchock">Filchock</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Sid_Luckman" title="Sid Luckman">Luckman</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Baugh" title="Sammy Baugh">Baugh</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Thompson_(quarterback)" title="Tommy Thompson (quarterback)">Thompson</a></li> <li>1949: <a 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A. Tittle">Tittle</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Unitas" title="Johnny Unitas">Unitas</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Jurgensen" title="Sonny Jurgensen">Jurgensen</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Bart_Starr" title="Bart Starr">Starr</a> </li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/John_Brodie" title="John Brodie">Brodie</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a> </li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Earl_Morrall" title="Earl Morrall">Morrall</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Stabler" title="Ken Stabler">Stabler</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Bo. Griese</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Staubach" title="Roger Staubach">Staubach</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Sipe" title="Brian Sipe">Sipe</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Ken_Anderson_(quarterback)" title="Ken Anderson (quarterback)">Anderson</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bartkowski" title="Steve Bartkowski">Bartkowski</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Dan_Marino" title="Dan Marino">Marino</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Ken_O%27Brien" title="Ken O'Brien">O'Brien</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Kramer" title="Tommy Kramer">Kramer</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Boomer_Esiason" title="Boomer Esiason">Esiason</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Montana</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Kelly" title="Jim Kelly">Kelly</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Harbaugh" title="Jim Harbaugh">Harbaugh</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Young</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Randall_Cunningham" title="Randall Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Warner" title="Kurt Warner">Warner</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Brian_Griese" title="Brian Griese">Br. 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Anderson (quarterback)">Ken Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hart_(American_football)" title="Jim Hart (American football)">Jim Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Fouts" title="Dan Fouts">Dan Fouts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hunter_(American_football)" title="Scott Hunter (American football)">Scott Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw" title="Terry Bradshaw">Terry Bradshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Grogan" title="Steve Grogan">Steve Grogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Sipe" title="Brian Sipe">Brian Sipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Griese" title="Bob Griese">Bob Griese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vince_Evans" title="Vince Evans">Vince Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Krieg" title="Dave Krieg">Dave Krieg</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Bartkowski" title="Steve Bartkowski">Steve Bartkowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_O%27Brien" title="Ken O'Brien">Ken O'Brien</a> (2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve 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Collins">Kerry Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chad_Pennington" title="Chad Pennington">Chad Pennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Green" title="Trent Green">Trent Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Roethlisberger" title="Ben Roethlisberger">Ben Roethlisberger</a> (4)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donovan_McNabb" title="Donovan McNabb">Donovan McNabb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a> (3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Manning" title="Eli Manning">Eli Manning</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Drew Brees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Griffin_III" title="Robert Griffin III">Robert Griffin III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Foles" title="Nick Foles">Nick Foles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Smith" title="Alex Smith">Alex Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geno_Smith" title="Geno Smith">Geno Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Mariota" title="Marcus Mariota">Marcus Mariota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Tannehill" 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<li>1933: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Hubbell" title="Carl Hubbell">Carl Hubbell</a></li> <li>1934: <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Dean" title="Dizzy Dean">Dizzy Dean</a></li> <li>1935: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Louis" title="Joe Louis">Joe Louis</a></li> <li>1936: <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Owens" title="Jesse Owens">Jesse Owens</a></li> <li>1937: <a href="/wiki/Don_Budge" title="Don Budge">Don Budge</a></li> <li>1938: <a href="/wiki/Don_Budge" title="Don Budge">Don Budge</a></li> <li>1939: <a href="/wiki/Nile_Kinnick" title="Nile Kinnick">Nile Kinnick</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harmon" title="Tom Harmon">Tom Harmon</a></li> <li>1941: <a href="/wiki/Joe_DiMaggio" title="Joe DiMaggio">Joe DiMaggio</a></li> <li>1942: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinkwich" title="Frank Sinkwich">Frank Sinkwich</a></li> <li>1943: <a href="/wiki/Gunder_H%C3%A4gg" title="Gunder Hägg">Gunder Hägg</a></li> <li>1944: <a href="/wiki/Byron_Nelson" title="Byron Nelson">Byron Nelson</a></li> <li>1945: <a href="/wiki/Byron_Nelson" title="Byron Nelson">Byron Nelson</a></li> <li>1946: <a href="/wiki/Glenn_Davis_(halfback)" title="Glenn Davis (halfback)">Glenn Davis</a></li> <li>1947: <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Lujack" title="Johnny Lujack">Johnny Lujack</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Lou_Boudreau" title="Lou Boudreau">Lou Boudreau</a></li> <li>1949: <a href="/wiki/Leon_Hart" title="Leon Hart">Leon Hart</a></li> <li>1950: <a href="/wiki/Jim_Konstanty" title="Jim Konstanty">Jim Konstanty</a></li> <li>1951: <a href="/wiki/Dick_Kazmaier" title="Dick Kazmaier">Dick Kazmaier</a></li> <li>1952: <a href="/wiki/Bob_Mathias" title="Bob Mathias">Bob Mathias</a></li> <li>1953: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Hogan" title="Ben Hogan">Ben Hogan</a></li> <li>1954: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Mays" title="Willie Mays">Willie Mays</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Howard_Cassady" title="Howard Cassady">Howard Cassady</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Mantle" title="Mickey Mantle">Mickey Mantle</a></li> <li>1957: <a href="/wiki/Ted_Williams" title="Ted Williams">Ted Williams</a></li> <li>1958: <a href="/wiki/Herb_Elliott" title="Herb Elliott">Herb Elliott</a></li> <li>1959: <a href="/wiki/Ingemar_Johansson" title="Ingemar Johansson">Ingemar Johansson</a></li> <li>1960: <a href="/wiki/Rafer_Johnson" title="Rafer Johnson">Rafer Johnson</a></li> <li>1961: <a href="/wiki/Roger_Maris" title="Roger Maris">Roger Maris</a></li> <li>1962: <a href="/wiki/Maury_Wills" title="Maury Wills">Maury Wills</a></li> <li>1963: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a></li> <li>1964: <a href="/wiki/Don_Schollander" title="Don Schollander">Don Schollander</a></li> <li>1965: <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Koufax" title="Sandy Koufax">Sandy Koufax</a></li> <li>1966: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Robinson" title="Frank Robinson">Frank Robinson</a></li> <li>1967: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski" title="Carl Yastrzemski">Carl Yastrzemski</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Denny_McLain" title="Denny McLain">Denny McLain</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Seaver" title="Tom Seaver">Tom Seaver</a></li> <li>1970: <a href="/wiki/George_Blanda" title="George Blanda">George Blanda</a></li> <li>1971: <a href="/wiki/Lee_Trevino" title="Lee Trevino">Lee Trevino</a></li> <li>1972: <a href="/wiki/Mark_Spitz" title="Mark Spitz">Mark Spitz</a></li> <li>1973: <a href="/wiki/O._J._Simpson" title="O. J. Simpson">O. J. Simpson</a></li> <li>1974: <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Ali" title="Muhammad Ali">Muhammad Ali</a></li> <li>1975: <a href="/wiki/Fred_Lynn" title="Fred Lynn">Fred Lynn</a></li> <li>1976: <a href="/wiki/Caitlyn_Jenner" title="Caitlyn Jenner">Bruce Jenner</a></li> <li>1977: <a href="/wiki/Steve_Cauthen" title="Steve Cauthen">Steve Cauthen</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Guidry" title="Ron Guidry">Ron Guidry</a></li> <li>1979: <a href="/wiki/Willie_Stargell" title="Willie Stargell">Willie Stargell</a></li> <li>1980: <a href="/wiki/Miracle_on_Ice" title="Miracle on Ice">U.S. Olympic Hockey Team</a></li> <li>1981: <a href="/wiki/John_McEnroe" title="John McEnroe">John McEnroe</a></li> <li>1982: <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky" title="Wayne Gretzky">Wayne Gretzky</a></li> <li>1983: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lewis" title="Carl Lewis">Carl Lewis</a></li> <li>1984: <a href="/wiki/Carl_Lewis" title="Carl Lewis">Carl Lewis</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Dwight_Gooden" title="Dwight Gooden">Dwight Gooden</a></li> <li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/Ben_Johnson_(Canadian_sprinter)" title="Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)">Ben Johnson</a></li> <li>1988: <a href="/wiki/Orel_Hershiser" title="Orel Hershiser">Orel Hershiser</a></li> <li>1989: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a></li> <li>1990: <a href="/wiki/Joe_Montana" title="Joe Montana">Joe Montana</a></li> <li>1991: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></li> <li>1993: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Jordan" title="Michael Jordan">Michael Jordan</a></li> <li>1994: <a href="/wiki/George_Foreman" title="George Foreman">George Foreman</a></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Cal_Ripken_Jr." title="Cal Ripken Jr.">Cal Ripken Jr.</a></li> <li>1996: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(sprinter)" title="Michael Johnson (sprinter)">Michael Johnson</a></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Mark_McGwire" title="Mark McGwire">Mark McGwire</a></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Lance_Armstrong" title="Lance Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a></li> <li>2003: <a href="/wiki/Lance_Armstrong" title="Lance Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Lance_Armstrong" title="Lance Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a></li> <li>2005: <a href="/wiki/Lance_Armstrong" title="Lance Armstrong">Lance Armstrong</a></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brady" title="Tom Brady">Tom Brady</a></li> <li>2008: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Phelps" title="Michael Phelps">Michael Phelps</a></li> <li>2009: <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Johnson" title="Jimmie Johnson">Jimmie Johnson</a></li> <li>2010: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Drew Brees</a></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers" title="Aaron Rodgers">Aaron Rodgers</a></li> <li>2012: <a href="/wiki/Michael_Phelps" title="Michael Phelps">Michael Phelps</a></li> <li>2013: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></li> <li>2014: <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bumgarner" title="Madison Bumgarner">Madison Bumgarner</a></li> <li>2015: <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Curry" title="Stephen Curry">Stephen Curry</a></li> <li>2016: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></li> <li>2017: <a href="/wiki/Jose_Altuve" title="Jose Altuve">Jose Altuve</a></li> <li>2018: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></li> <li>2019: <a href="/wiki/Kawhi_Leonard" title="Kawhi Leonard">Kawhi Leonard</a></li> <li>2020: <a href="/wiki/LeBron_James" title="LeBron James">LeBron James</a></li> <li>2021: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Shohei Ohtani</a></li> <li>2022: <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Judge" title="Aaron Judge">Aaron Judge</a></li> <li>2023: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Shohei Ohtani</a></li> <li>2024: <a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Shohei Ohtani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Sports_Illustrated_Sportsperson_of_the_Year95" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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