Drew Brees trivia: 75 facts about the American football quarterback!

Drew Brees is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of NFL.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about Drew Brees.

1. His full name is Drew Christopher Brees
2. He was born on January 15, 1979
3. He is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL)
4. After a successful college football career at Purdue University
5. He was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft
6. He left college as one of the most decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten Conference history
7. Establishing two NCAA records
8. 13 Big Ten Conference records
9. And 19 Purdue University records
10. As of 2018, he remains the Big Ten record-holder in several passing categories
11. Including completions (1,026), attempts (1,678), and yards (11,792)
12. For his many career accomplishments and records
13. Brees has been hailed as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time
14. Brees earned the starting job with the Chargers in 2002
15. And made the Pro Bowl in 2004
16. Nine months after suffering a dislocation in his right shoulder joint and a tear of the labrum and rotator cuff
17. Brees signed with the Saints as a free agent in 2006
18. He had immediate success in New Orleans, eventually leading the Saints to their first Super Bowl in Super Bowl XLIV
19. Resulting in a 31- 17 victory over the Indianapolis Colts
20. Since joining the Saints, he has led all NFL quarterbacks in touchdowns, passing yards, and 300-yard games
21. Brees holds the NFL records for career pass completions, career completion percentage, career passing yards, career touchdown passes
22. Third in regular season career passer rating
23. And fourth in postseason career passer rating
24. In 2012, he broke Johnny Unitas’ long-standing record of consecutive games with a touchdown pass
25. He has passed for over 5,000 yards in a season five times
26. No other NFL quarterback has done so more than once
27. He has led the NFL in passing yards a record seven times
28. And in passing touchdowns a record-tying four times
29. He was the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year in 2004
30. The Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 and 2011
31. And the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV
32. Sports Illustrated named Brees its 2010 Sportsman of the Year
33. Brees was born in Dallas, Texas
34. To Eugene Wilson “Chip” Brees II, a prominent trial lawyer
35. And Mina Ruth, an attorney
36. His grandfather fought in the Battle of Okinawa
37. A Sports Illustrated article stated he was named for Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson
38. But in a 2014 interview Brees said this story was “just legend”
39. He has a younger brother, Reid (born 1981)
40. When Brees was seven, his parents divorced and shared custody of the boys
41. Who split their time between both parents’ homes
42. Today, he admits that it was a very tough and challenging life after the divorce
43. However, Brees and his younger brother, Reid, supported each other and became very close
44. They have a younger half-sister, Audrey, from their father’s remarriage to Amy Hightower
45. She is the daughter of the late U.S. Representative (D-TX) Jack English Hightower
46. Both of Brees’ parents had athletic backgrounds
47. His father played basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies men’s basketball team
48. And his mother was a former all-state in three sports in high school
49. His maternal uncle, Marty Akins, was an All-American starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorns college football team from 1975 to 1977
50. And his maternal grandfather, Ray Akins, had the third-most victories as a Texas high school football coach in his three decades at Gregory-Portland High School
51. His younger brother, Reid, was an outfielder for the Baylor Bears baseball team
52. Which made the 2005 College World Series
53. And now resides in Colorado, where he works in sales
54. Brees did not play tackle football until high school and was on the flag football team at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
55. There his teammates included actor Ben McKenzie, who was in the same year
56. In high school, he was a varsity letterman in baseball, basketball and football
57. And was considering playing college baseball rather than football
58. College recruiters quickly ran after Brees blew out his knee in the 11th grade
59. After overcoming an ACL tear during his junior year he was selected as Texas High School 5A Most Valuable Offensive Player in 1996
60. And led the Westlake High School football team to 16- 0 record and state championship
61. As a high school football player, Brees completed 314 of 490 passes (64.1 percent) for 5,461 yards with 50 touchdowns
62. Including, in his senior season, 211 of 333 passes (63.4 percent) for 3,528 yards with 31 touchdowns
63. Westlake went 28–0–1 when Brees started for two seasons
64. And beat a Dominic Rhodes-led Abilene Cooper 55- 15 in the 1996 title game
65. He was given honorable mention in the state high school all-star football team and the USA Today All-USA high school football team
66. Alongside former San Diego Chargers teammate and long-time friend LaDainian Tomlinson
67. Brees had hoped to follow his father and uncle’s footsteps and play for the Texas Longhorns or Texas A&M Aggies
68. But was not heavily recruited despite his stellar record
69. In the first game of the season (2019), a Monday Night Football match against the Houston Texans, Brees threw for 370 yards, 2 touchdowns, and 1 interception
70. As the Saints overcame a slow start to win, 30-28
71. Brees married his college sweetheart Brittany Dudchenko in February 2003
72. The couple have four children together
73. Three sons born January 2009, October 2010, and August 2012
74. And a daughter in August 2014
75. In 2019, Brees partnered with San Diego Surf Sports to help with the local youth sports scene in the San Diego area