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Since his draft selection, Brees has started 249 games in seventeen NFL seasons for the Chargers and Saints. He has been honored with several awards, including Offensive Player of the Year twice. The winning QB of Super Bowl XLIV, Brees is on his way to earning one more honor at the end of his playing career: induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, OH. DREW BREES CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Brees has established himself as a gridiron great of the NFL. He was named a first- team All-Pro in the 2006 season, where he led the Saints to a 10–6 record, three years before winning Super Bowl XLIV. He has also been named to eleven Pro Bowls in his seventeen-year NFL career and has earned two NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year awards. Here’s a summary of his important statistics at quarterback: • 70,445 passing yards for his career. Drew Brees is the third quarterback in NFL history to pass for 70,000 yards or more in his career. • NFL record 471 pass completions in 2016, 1st all-time for a single season. Brees broke his own record of 468 pass completions set in 2011. • 5,476 passing yards in 2011 NFL season (2nd all-time). Brees is one of five players to pass for 5,000+yards inaseason(MatthewStafford,DanMarino, TomBrady, andPeyton Manning) and is the only NFL quarterbackwithmultiple 5,000-yard seasons (five). • 96.7% career passer rating. Brees has a career passing rating that is 6th all-time for NFL QBs. The San Diego Chargers initially drafted Brees, and he played there for his first five NFL seasons (2001–2005) before establishing himself among the NFL’s elite quarterbacks as the leader of the New Orleans Saints.

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