The Quarterback Nobody Recruited
In 2000, a skinny kid from San Mateo, California sat in the NFL Draft green room and waited. And waited. Tom Brady watched 198 players...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Samuel 16:1-13.
In 2000, a skinny kid from San Mateo, California sat in the NFL Draft green room and waited. And waited. Tom Brady watched 198 players get selected before him. Six quarterbacks went ahead of him. Every scout who clocked his 5. 28-second forty-yard dash moved on to flashier prospects. The New England Patriots finally took him in the sixth round, almost as an afterthought.…
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