Drew Brees is a former American Football Player who last played for the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (NFL). Brees who was the no. 32 pick in the 2001 NFL Draft, is among the select few quarterbacks who have started in their 40s in the history of the NFL. Brees has set the all-time records in passing yards (78,422) and touchdowns (555). Brees has led the NFL in passing yards seven times and TD passes four times, and 2019 was his first season in the NFL after turning 40.
He was someone who contemplated retirement after a 26-20 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC wild-card round in the 2019 season. Drew Brees had signed a two-year, $50 million contract on March 16, 2020, with the New Orleans Saints. In the 2020 season, Brees had a base salary of $2 million which will jump to $25 million in 2021. On January 15, 2021 Brees turned 42, and it marked his 20th NFL season, one in which he dealt with 11 fractured ribs and a collapsed lung. After a lot of speculation, Brees finally retired after the 2020-21 NFL season.
Following his retirement, Brees joined NBC Sports as a game analyst on the Notre Dame broadcasts of the network, on Saturdays and then on Sundays, a studio analyst for NBC’s “Football Night in America”. He left NBC after May 15th, 2022.