Drew Brees Stats
Drew Brees Stats
The National Football League (NFL) saw 20 seasons of quarterback Drew Brees’ sports career. Having broken Johnny Unitas’ 52-year record, he now holds the mark for most straight games with a touchdown pass. He has a net worth of $160 making him one of the richest football players in history.
Drew Brees Stats Early Life
Brees was born on January 15, 1979, in Dallas, Texas, in the United States to attorneys Eugene Wilson Brees II and Mina Ruth. In August 2009, his mother Mina overdosed on a prescription narcotic and passed away. Due to their father’s second marriage, he has a younger sibling named Reid and a younger half-sister named Audrey. When Brees was seven years old, his parents got divorced and decided to divide custody of the boys, who now live with both of their parents. He played football at Westlake High School, where he helped the squad to a 16-0 record and a state title.
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He completed 314 of 490 passes for 5,461 yards and 50 scores during his high school career, including 211 of 333 passes during his senior season for 3,528 yards and 31 touchdowns. He only got offers from Purdue and Kentucky after high school, and he chose Purdue because of its renowned academics over Kentucky. He earned a degree in industrial administration in 2001 and is a brother of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He participated in football at Purdue for the Purdue Boilermakers. As the best athlete in the country in 2000, he received the Maxwell Award, and as a member of the Class of 2001, he received the NCAA’s Today’s Top VIII Award.
He received Academic All-America recognition as a senior, becoming the first Boilermaker to do so since Bruce Brineman in 1989. Brees established 19 marks at Purdue University, 13 records for the Big Ten Conference, and two NCAA records during his time in college.
Drew Brees Stats Career
San Diego Chargers selected Brees in the second round, 32nd overall, of the 2001 NFL Draft. On November 4, 2001, he took the field for his first professional game against the Kansas City Chiefs, and he ended the year with 221 passing yards and his first passing touchdown of his career. After the 2004 season, he became a free agent, and San Diego was not anticipating his return. His pay was ultimately quadrupled to $8 million for 2005 after the club named him a franchise player and gave him a one-year contract. After the season, the Chargers made him an offer for a five-year, $50 million deal that included a base salary of $2 million in the first year. However, after the Chargers declined to raise their offer, Brees met with other teams.
In March 2006, Brees agreed to a six-year, $60 million contract with the New Orleans Saints. In his first season with the Saints, he was successful, finishing the year with 4,423 yards, breaking his own mark, and tying the previous franchise record with 28 touchdowns. Brees and the Saints reached an agreement on a five-year, $100 million deal in July. With a $60 million guarantee, the deal had the highest guaranteed sum in NFL history. The first year’s payment under the deal totaled $40 million. He agreed to a two-year, $50 million deal extension with the Saints in March 2018 that included a $27 million guarantee. Over the course of 15 games, he completed the season with 364 completions, 489 attempts, 3,992 yards, 32 passing touchdowns, and five interceptions.
Drew Brees Stats
Brees’ contract was reduced to $1.075 million for the upcoming season as part of the Saints’ renegotiation of his contract in February 2021 in order to free up salary cap space. Brees made his retirement from playing public in March 2021, 20 seasons and precisely 15 years after inking his first deal with the New Orleans Saints. He was added to the Saints’ reserve/retired roster on June 11, 2021. Brees married Brittany Dudchenko, the woman he fell in love with in college. Three boys and a daughter born in August 2014 are the couple’s four children; they were married in 2003.
Stats
Passing yards: 80,358
Passing attempts: 10,551
Passing completions: 7,142
Passer rating: 98.7
