DREW Brees is a former quarterback who spent 20 seasons in the NFL mainly playing for the New Orleans Saints.

He holds a number of records including career passing completions and career completion percentage.

How did Drew Brees get the scar on his face?

The scar on the right side of Brees’ face is actually a birthmark which led to him being bullied as a kid.

In an interview with CNN he said: “Because of my birthmark, which I was obviously born with, I got all kinds of comments when I was a kid. ‘Wipe that whatever off your face.’ This and that. I got all kinds of nicknames.”

He added: “People called me Spot. I think they were trying to be malicious. They were trying to be hurtful.

“For me, I just tried to get to the point where I just brushed it off.”

“I just remember my mom telling me when I was a kid, ‘Hey, that’s where an angel kissed you. So, nobody can say anything.’ Which, I guess that’s the way I handled it.

“That’s the way I kind of compartmentalized it when somebody would say something to me.

“Maybe I used it as motivation.”

Who is Drew Brees?

Drew Christopher Brees was born on January 15, 1979, in Dallas, Texas.

His parents are Eugene Wilson “Chip” Brees II, a trial lawyer, and Mina Ruth, who died in 2009, an attorney.

He has a younger brother Reid, who was born in 1981.

Brees started playing American football in high school and was in the flag football team at St Andrew’s Episcopal School.

He was an all-round sportsman though and was a varsity letterman in baseball and basketball as well as football and considered playing college baseball.

Brees attended Purdue University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in industrial management.

He made a strong impact during his college career with the Boilermakers.

Brees was a finalist for the Davey O’Brien Award as the nation’s best quarterback in 1999.

He won the Maxwell Award as the nation’s outstanding player of 2000

Brees started his professional career in 2001 with the San Diego Chargers and stayed with the side until 2005.

Brees signed a six-year, $60million deal with the New Orleans Saints on March 14, 2006.

In 2010, Brees helped the Saints to Super Bowl victory by equalling a Super Bowl record with 32 pass completions and winning the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award.

On March 14, 2021, exactly 15 years to the day that Brees signed his first contract with the New Orleans Saints, he announced his retirement after 20 seasons.

Who is Drew Brees’ wife Brittany Brees?

Brittany Brees was born on September 18, 1976, in Syracuse, Indiana.

Brittany, 44, attended Wawasee High School in Syracuse and Purdue University, where she met her future husband.

She works as a philanthropist with her husband, launching the Brees Dream Foundation in 2003 to support cancer patients and research.

The foundation has partnered with the international children’s charity Operation Kids that focuses on athletic abilities of children, after-school programs and child care facilities.

The couple have donated to Purdue to develop the athletic department and their football program.

Brees and Brittany married on February 8, 2003, while he was playing for the San Diego Chargers.

Two years later the couple moved to Louisiana after Brees joined the New Orleans Saints in 2006.

They have four children – Baylen Robert, Bowen Christopher, Callen Christian and Rylen Judith Brees.