Drew Brees

In 2003, Brees married his college friend, Brittany Dudchenko. They have three sons and a daughter. The eldest is Brylen followed by Bowen, Callen and their daughter, Rylen. He presently resides in New Orleans, Lousiana.

Drew is a philanthropist and has made innumerable donations to several charitable foundations. He has even put together his own foundation called ‘Brees Dream Foundation’ to support cancer patients and to promote further reasearch for the treatment of cancer.

In 2008, he did a promotional deal with ‘Chili’s Grill & Bar’ and participated in ‘Pro Sports Team Challenge’ to raise money for charity, and has also appeared in the ‘It Gets Better’ anti-bullying video.

Drew Christopher Brees was born to Eugene Wilson Brees and Meena Ruth on 15th January, 1979 in Austin, Texas. Both his parents worked in a law firm; his father was a trial lawyer while his mother was a popular attorney.

When he was seven his parents filed for divorce and the rest of his childhood was spent in both his parents taking turns to bring him up. His younger brother, Reid, also bore the brunt of a failed marriage.

However, the unfortunate situation only brought both brothers closer to one another. Drew also has a half-sister named Audrey from his father’s second marriage.

From the very beginning, he had a natural aptitude for sports. His father had been a basketball player in his younger days, and his mother participated in a few all-state sports in high school. Even his maternal uncle, Marty Akins was a quarterback for ‘Texas Longhorns’.

He attended ‘St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’ and showed interest in three sports - basketball, baseball and football. However, football dominated most of his interest after he led the ‘Westlake High School’ football team to a 16-0 victory and state championship.

He began his preofessional career under ‘San Diego Chargers’ when he was chosen in the 2001 NFL Draft. He played his debut match against Kansas City Chiefs on 4th November 2001.

He began the 2004 season with 15 games and managed to assist his team in acquiring a 12-4 victory. It was after a decade that the team won the ‘AFC West’ tournament and was an obvious choice for the ‘2004 Pro Bowl’.

Even after he was made a free agent he continued to perform consistently. Unfortunately in 2005 he tore his labrum and had to undergo arthroscopic surgery.

On not receiving a hike in payment from the ‘San Diego Chargers’, Brees turned to other teams and soon joined ‘New Orleans Saints’ signing a contract of six years at sixty million dollars on 14th March 2006.

The first year was quite prolific for the famous quarterback. Even after the team battled with the catastrophe ‘Hurrican Katrina’, they still managed to pull of a victory and claimed the ‘NFC South Division’ title.

With a whopping 4418 passing yard and 26 touchdown accomplishment to his name, he was selected as starting quarterback for ‘2007 Pro Bowl’.

The year 2007 seemed to be equally good for him as he made 28 touchdowns and secured a 4,423 passing yard. In 2008, he finished with a 5,069 yards and with that became the second ever quarterback to cross 5,000 in NFL history.

Drew’s excellent performance throughout his six year contract quaranteed a renewal and thus on 13th July 2012 ‘New Orleans Saints’ offered him a five year contact of 100 million dollars, the largest amount to ever be offered to a player in NFL.