Tom Brady Biography

Height: 6-4   Weight: 225
Year: 7   Yrs/Pat: 7 
Pro Bowl: 2001, 2004, 2005
Acquired: D6b-00 (199th overall)
School: Michigan
Major: Organizational Studies
Born: Aug 3, 1977  San Mateo  Calif

Thomas Brady was born the son of Tom and Galynn Brady on Aug. 3, 1977 in San Mateo, California. Blue Chip Illustrated and Prep Football Report All-American selection at Junipero Serra High in San Mateo, California. He added all-state and All-Far West honors as the team's Most Valuable Player and later earned two letters in both football and baseball.

Brady was the starting varsity quarterback for two seasons (1993-94) and completed 236 of 447 passes (52.8 percent) for 3,702 yards and 31 touchdowns during his high school career.  He was later drafted in the 18th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft as a catcher by the Montreal Expos and subsequently inducted into the Junipero Serra High School Hall of Fame in 2003, joining fellow Serra High graduates Barry Bonds, Lynn Swann, Gregg Jeffries, Jim Fregosi, and his older sister Maureen, among many others.

During 2003 New England Patriot training camp, Brady worked with the Starlight Children's foundation of New England, a non-profit group dedicated to enriching the quality of life for seriously ill children.  He also visited Walter Reed Medical Center in 2004 to raise the spirits of soldiers injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom. During the 2004 season, surprised students at North Elementary School in Seekonk, Mass. As part of the NFL's Take a Player to School Day. Hosted Saturday Night Live in April, 2005, and oh, he majored in organizational studies at Michiigan.