TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Pirates quarterback Tom Brady not only got scared when his parents tested positive for COVID-19 last year — he himself was diagnosed with the condition in February.
In an interview with the Tampa Bay Times on Saturday, Brady revealed that he tested positive for the virus in February, just after the Pirates' Super Bowl cruise.
Brady also said that while the Pirates now have a 100 percent vaccination rate, he believes this year's coronavirus will be an even bigger challenge — becoming the second NFL team behind the Atlanta Falcons to reach that threshold.
"Actually, I think this year is going to play a more part than last year, and it's just because of what we're doing now, what the stadium is like, what the travel is like and people are in the building and in the fans," Brady said. "It's not like last year, although we were tested like last year. It will be, I definitely think the players will be out at different moments and we just have to deal with it. ”
Tom Brady, full name Thomas Edward Patrick Jr. Thomas Edward Patrick "Tom" Brady Jr., nicknamed "Tom Terrific", was born Aug. 3, 1977 in San Mateo County, California, usa, and is an American professional American football player who plays as a quarterback.
Tom Brady graduated from UniperoCella High School and then entered the University of Michigan, where he earned the nickname "Comeback Kid" for his frequently endangered missions to lead the team to save the game, leading the University of Michigan Wolverines to one of the NCAA's four Cups in 1999.
In the 2000 NFL Draft, Brady was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th overall pick in the sixth round as a substitute quarterback. In the 2001 season, Brady replaced the injured Drew Bledsoe as the starting quarterback and led the Patriots to six Super Bowl titles and three runners-up, and was named super bowl MVP four times, hailed as the greatest quarterback in NFL history. He was named Athlete of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 2005 and one of the 100 Celebrities by Forbes Magazine in 2006. He is also regarded by the University of Michigan as one of the most proud alumni. On March 17, 2020, Tom Brady announced that he would leave the New England Patriots, who had played for 20 years; on the 20th, Brady joined the Tampa Bay Pirates.
In February 2021, at the 55th NFL Super Bowl, Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Pirates team won the championship and Tom Brady won the Super Bowl MVP, which was Brady's seventh Super Bowl title and the fifth Super Bowl MVP.