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Drew Brees

Drew Christopher Brees

Position: QB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 209 lbs.
Born: January 15, 1979 in Austin, TX
College: Purdue

Career AV: 83 (304th overall since 1950)

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the 2nd round (32nd overall) of the 2001 NFL Draft.

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Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% AV
2001 22 SDG 9 1 0 15 27 55.6 221 1 3.7 0 0.0 40 8.2 8.9 14.7 221.0 94.8 2 12 7.2 7.9 6.9 1
2002 23 SDG QB 9 16 16 8-8-0 320 526 60.8 3284 17 3.2 16 3.0 52 6.2 5.5 10.3 205.3 76.9 24 180 5.6 5.0 4.4 10
2003 24 SDG QB 9 11 11 2-9-0 205 356 57.6 2108 11 3.1 15 4.2 68 5.9 4.6 10.3 191.6 67.5 21 178 5.1 3.9 5.6 6
2004* 25 SDG QB 9 15 15 11-4-0 262 400 65.5 3159 27 6.8 7 1.8 79 7.9 8.5 12.1 210.6 104.8 18 131 7.2 7.8 4.3 17
2005 26 SDG QB 9 16 16 9-7-0 323 500 64.6 3576 24 4.8 15 3.0 54 7.2 6.8 11.1 223.5 89.2 27 223 6.4 6.0 5.1 15
2006*+ 27 NOR QB 9 16 16 10-6-0 356 554 64.3 4418 26 4.7 11 2.0 86 8.0 8.0 12.4 276.1 96.2 18 105 7.5 7.6 3.1 15
2007 28 NOR QB 9 16 16 7-9-0 440 652 67.5 4423 28 4.3 18 2.8 58 6.8 6.4 10.1 276.4 89.4 16 109 6.5 6.1 2.4 14
2008* 29 NOR QB 9 16 16 8-8-0 413 635 65.0 5069 34 5.4 17 2.7 84 8.0 7.8 12.3 316.8 96.2 13 92 7.7 7.5 2.0 17
2009* 30 NOR 9 15 363 514 70.6 4388 34 6.6 11 2.1 75 8.5 8.9 12.1 292.5 109.6 20 135 8.0 8.3 3.7
Career 122 106 55-51-0 2697 4164 64.8 30646 202 4.9 110 2.6 86 7.4 7.1 11.4 251.2 91.9 159 1165 6.8 6.6 3.7 95
5 yrs SDG 59 58 30-28-0 1125 1809 62.2 12348 80 4.4 53 2.9 79 6.8 6.4 11.0 209.3 84.9 92 724 6.1 5.7 4.8 49
4 yrs NOR 63 48 25-23-0 1572 2355 66.8 18298 122 5.2 57 2.4 86 7.8 7.7 11.6 290.4 97.3 67 441 7.4 7.3 2.8 46

Playoff Record as Starting QB: 2004 (0-1), 2006 (1-1)

Advanced Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS QBrec Att Y/A+ NY/A+ AY/A+ ANY/A+ Cmp%+ TD%+ Int%+ Sack%+ Rate+
2002 23 SDG QB 9 16 16 8-8-0 526 90 95 92 95 106 90 103 114 97
2003 24 SDG QB 9 11 11 2-9-0 356 84 85 80 81 94 87 82 106 83
2004* 25 SDG QB 9 15 15 11-4-0 400 119 122 127 129 120 132 125 116 131
2005 26 SDG QB 9 16 16 9-7-0 500 104 106 105 106 116 108 102 110 110
2006*+ 27 NOR QB 9 16 16 10-6-0 554 123 127 123 127 114 108 118 121 120
2007 28 NOR QB 9 16 16 7-9-0 652 98 107 101 107 124 103 104 124 110
2008* 29 NOR QB 9 16 16 8-8-0 635 120 126 117 122 113 114 104 128 116
2009* 30 NOR 9 15 514 128 129 129 130 131 134 111 117 131
Career 122 106 55-51-0 4164 109 113 110 113 116 110 107 118 113

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
2001 22 SDG 9 1 0 2 18 0 13 9.0 18.0 2.0 18 0 2
2002 23 SDG QB 9 16 16 38 130 1 15 3.4 8.1 2.4 130 1 2
2003 24 SDG QB 9 11 11 21 84 0 18 4.0 7.6 1.9 1 21 21.0 1 21 0.1 1.9 105 1 5
2004* 25 SDG QB 9 15 15 53 85 2 22 1.6 5.7 3.5 1 38 38.0 0 38 0.1 2.5 123 2 7
2005 26 SDG QB 9 16 16 21 49 1 9 2.3 3.1 1.3 49 1 8
2006*+ 27 NOR QB 9 16 16 42 32 0 16 0.8 2.0 2.6 32 0 8
2007 28 NOR QB 9 16 16 23 52 1 9 2.3 3.3 1.4 2 10 5.0 0 8 0.1 0.6 62 1 9
2008* 29 NOR QB 9 16 16 22 -1 0 9 0.0 -0.1 1.4 -1 0 6
2009* 30 NOR 9 15 22 33 2 10 1.5 2.2 1.5 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 0.1 -0.3 29 2 10
Career 122 106 244 482 7 22 2.0 4.0 2.0 5 65 13.0 1 38 0.0 0.5 547 8 57
5 yrs SDG 59 58 135 366 4 22 2.7 6.2 2.3 2 59 29.5 1 38 0.0 1.0 425 5 24
4 yrs NOR 63 48 109 116 3 16 1.1 1.8 1.7 3 6 2.0 0 8 0.0 0.1 122 3 33

Defense & Fumbles

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Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
2001 22 SDG 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 0
2002 23 SDG QB 9 16 16 0 2 2 0 0
2003 24 SDG QB 9 11 11 0 5 0 -1 0
2004* 25 SDG QB 9 15 15 0 7 3 -9 0
2005 26 SDG QB 9 16 16 0 8 0 0 0
2006*+ 27 NOR QB 9 16 16 0 8 1 -3 0
2007 28 NOR QB 9 16 16 0 9 0 -15 0
2008* 29 NOR QB 9 16 16 0 6 2 -34 0 2 0
2009* 30 NOR 9 15 0 10 2 0 0
Career 122 106 0 57 11 -62 0 2 0
5 yrs SDG 59 58 0 24 6 -10 0
4 yrs NOR 63 48 0 33 5 -52 0 2 0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2002 23 SDG QB 9 16 16 1 1 6
2003 24 SDG QB 9 11 11 1 1 6
2004* 25 SDG QB 9 15 15 2 2 12
2005 26 SDG QB 9 16 16 1 1 6
2007 28 NOR QB 9 16 16 1 1 6
2009* 30 NOR 9 15 2 2 12
Career 122 106 7 1 8 48
5 yrs SDG 59 58 4 1 5 30
4 yrs NOR 63 48 3 3 18

Similar Players

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Awards

2004 NFL AP Comeback Player of the Year
2006 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year
2008 NFL AP Offensive Player of the Year
2009 NFL Super Bowl MVP

Pro Bowls

2004
2006
2008
2009

First-Team All-Pro

2006

Passes Completed

2002 NFL 320 (9)
2005 NFL 323 (4)
2006 NFL 356 (4/39)
2007 NFL 440 (1/1)
2008 NFL 413 (1/3)
2009 NFL 363 (4/29)
Active 2697 (6)
Career 2697 (22)

Pass Attempts

2005 NFL 500 (7)
2006 NFL 554 (5/72)
2007 NFL 652 (1/3)
2008 NFL 635 (1/5)
2009 NFL 514 (10)
Active 4164 (7)
Career 4164 (37)

Passing Yds

2005 NFL 3576 (9)
2006 NFL 4418 (1/27)
2007 NFL 4423 (2/26)
2008 NFL 5069 (1/2)
2009 NFL 4388 (6/32)
Active 30646 (8)
Career 30646 (33)

Passing TD

2004 NFL 27 (7)
2005 NFL 24 (4)
2006 NFL 26 (3)
2007 NFL 28 (6/83)
2008 NFL 34 (1/17)
2009 NFL 34 (1/17)
Active 202 (6)
Career 202 (29)

Passer Rating

2004 NFL 104.8 (3/17)
2005 NFL 89.2 (10)
2006 NFL 96.2 (3/85)
2008 NFL 96.2 (4/85)
2009 NFL 109.6 (1/7)
Active 91.9 (7)
Career 91.9 (9)

Long Pass

2004 NFL 79 (6)
2006 NFL 86 (5)
2008 NFL 84 (7)

Passes Intercepted

2002 NFL 16 (5)
2003 NFL 15 (10)
2005 NFL 15 (6)
2007 NFL 18 (6)
2008 NFL 17 (3)
Active 110 (6)
Career 110 (86)

Sacked

Active 159 (17)
Career 159 (100)

Sacked Yds Lost

2005 NFL 223 (4)
Active 1165 (14)
Career 1165 (94)

Passing Yds/Game

2006 NFL 276.1 (1/48)
2007 NFL 276.4 (2/47)
2008 NFL 316.8 (1/3)
2009 NFL 292.5 (2/16)
Active 251.2 (3)
Career 251.2 (4)

Yds/Pass Att

2004 NFL 7.9 (7)
2006 NFL 8.0 (3)
2008 NFL 8.0 (2)
2009 NFL 8.5 (3/64)
Active 7.4 (9)
Career 7.4 (31)

Yds/Pass Cmp

2006 NFL 12.4 (6)
2008 NFL 12.3 (5)
2009 NFL 12.1 (9)
Active 11.4 (24)
Career 11.4 (194)

Pass Attempts/Game

2003 NFL 32.4 (9)
2006 NFL 34.6 (6)
2007 NFL 40.8 (1/5)
2008 NFL 39.7 (1/8)
2009 NFL 34.3 (8)
Active 34.1 (1)
Career 34.1 (3)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

2004 NFL 8.46 (4/35)
2006 NFL 8.02 (4/65)
2008 NFL 7.85 (2/86)
2009 NFL 8.90 (2/17)
Active 7.14 (9)
Career 7.14 (11)

Net Yds/Pass Att

2004 NFL 7.24 (7/70)
2006 NFL 7.54 (3/37)
2008 NFL 7.68 (1/28)
2009 NFL 7.96 (2/12)
Active 6.82 (6)
Career 6.82 (9)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

2004 NFL 7.78 (4/24)
2006 NFL 7.58 (3/34)
2008 NFL 7.55 (2/36)
2009 NFL 8.31 (1/6)
Active 6.61 (8)
Career 6.61 (9)

Passes Completed/Game

2005 NFL 20.2 (8)
2006 NFL 22.3 (4/55)
2007 NFL 27.5 (1/1)
2008 NFL 25.8 (1/4)
2009 NFL 24.2 (3/14)
Active 22.1 (1)
Career 22.1 (1)

Pass Completion %

2004 NFL 65.5% (7/52)
2005 NFL 64.6% (6/74)
2006 NFL 64.3% (5/84)
2007 NFL 67.5% (3/23)
2008 NFL 65.0% (8/64)
2009 NFL 70.6% (1/1)
Active 64.8% (4)
Career 64.8% (4)

Pass Intercept. %

2004 NFL 1.8% (3/59)
2006 NFL 2.0% (6/86)
2009 NFL 2.1% (6)
Active 2.6% (9)
Career 2.6% (13)

Passing TD %

2004 NFL 6.8% (3)
2005 NFL 4.8% (10)
2006 NFL 4.7% (9)
2008 NFL 5.4% (3)
2009 NFL 6.6% (1)
Active 4.9% (9)
Career 4.9% (58)

Sack %

2002 NFL 4.36% (8)
2004 NFL 4.31% (4)
2006 NFL 3.15% (3/60)
2007 NFL 2.40% (1/21)
2008 NFL 2.01% (3/14)
2009 NFL 3.75% (4)
Active 3.68% (2)
Career 3.68% (7)

Fumbles

2007 NFL 9 (10)
2009 NFL 10 (9)
Active 57 (11)
Career 57 (89)

     
Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank Season/Rank in Top 100 All-Time Seasons)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
2006Associated Press: 1st Team All-NFL
 Pro Football Writers: 1st Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
2008Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL
2009Associated Press: 2nd Team All-NFL
 Sporting News: 1st Team All-NFL

Fantasy

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Year Age G FantPos FantPt VBD PosRank OvRank
2001 22 1 QB 17 48
2002 23 16 QB 220 18
2003 24 11 QB 137 26
2004 25 15 QB 299 38 8 37
2005 26 16 QB 268 17 6 53
2006 27 16 QB 314 83 2 9
2007 28 16 QB 321 65 5 22
2008 29 16 QB 373 120 1 3
2009 30 15 QB 372 92 2 8
2321 415

College

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Passing Rushing Receiving
Year Age College/Univ G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Y/A Cmp% Rate Y/G Att Yds TD Y/A Y/G Rec Yds TD Y/R
2000 21 purdue 11 286 473 3393 24 12 7.2 60.5 132.4 308.5 91 546 5 6.0 49.6 2 6 1 3.0
11 286 473 3393 24 12 7.2 60.5 132.4 308.5 91 546 5 6.0 49.6 2 6 1 3.0