But he did work his butt off, eventually ditching his two-donut-a-day habit in favor of healthier choices, and was actually a three-sport athlete who was drafted by Major League Baseball’s Montreal Expos out of high school in 1995. Knowing he wanted to play football, though, he headed to the University of Michigan, where things went…alright. After being the backup quarterback for two years, he became the Wolverines’ full time starter. He went 20-5 including Bowl wins in the two seasons that he was there.
“I think being naïve allowed me to accomplish a lot of things,”He told Shepard. “Like when people said, ‘Oh you’re going to go to college and play football?’ I was, ‘F–k, of course I am, what do you think?'”They shared a laugh at his presumption that everything would be exactly as he expected. “I look back and I’m, like, the odds to overcome all those things [were incredible].”
After graduation, Brady entered the 2000 NFL Draft as a lightly heralded prospect, and waited. He waited, then waited again, wondering if he would need his resume that included two summers spent as an intern at Merrill Lynch.