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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

2-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 Draft

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Year Age Tm Pos G GS 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%
2001 22 SDG 1 0 15 27 55.6 221 1 3.7 0 0.0 40 8.2 8.6 14.7 221.0 94.8 2 12 7.2 7.6 6.9
2002 23 SDG QB 16 16 320 526 60.8 3284 17 3.2 16 3.0 52 6.2 5.2 10.3 205.3 76.9 24 180 5.6 4.6 4.4
2003 24 SDG QB 11 11 205 356 57.6 2108 11 3.1 15 4.2 68 5.9 4.3 10.3 191.6 67.5 21 178 5.1 3.6 5.6
2004* 25 SDG QB 15 15 262 400 65.5 3159 27 6.8 7 1.8 79 7.9 7.8 12.1 210.6 104.8 18 131 7.2 7.1 4.3
2005 26 SDG QB 16 16 323 500 64.6 3576 24 4.8 15 3.0 54 7.2 6.3 11.1 223.5 89.2 27 223 6.4 5.5 5.1
2006*+ 27 NOR QB 16 16 356 554 64.3 4418 26 4.7 11 2.0 86 8.0 7.6 12.4 276.1 96.2 18 105 7.5 7.1 3.1
2007 28 NOR QB 16 16 440 652 67.5 4423 28 4.3 18 2.8 58 6.8 6.0 10.1 276.4 89.4 16 109 6.5 5.7 2.4
Career 91 90 1921 3015 63.7 21189 134 4.4 82 2.7 86 7.0 6.2 11.0 232.8 87.9 126 938 6.4 5.7 4.0
5 yrs SDG 59 58 1125 1809 62.2 12348 80 4.4 53 2.9 79 6.8 5.9 11.0 209.3 84.9 92 724 6.1 5.3 4.8
2 yrs NOR 32 32 796 1206 66.0 8841 54 4.5 29 2.4 86 7.3 6.7 11.1 276.3 92.5 34 214 7.0 6.3 2.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · GameLog · Playoffs · 100/300/100
Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos 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 1 0 2 18 0 13 9.0 18.0 2.0 18 0 2
2002 23 SDG QB 16 16 38 130 1 15 3.4 8.1 2.4 130 1 2
2003 24 SDG QB 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 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 16 16 21 49 1 9 2.3 3.1 1.3 49 1 8
2006*+ 27 NOR QB 16 16 42 32 0 16 0.8 2.0 2.6 32 0 8
2007 28 NOR QB 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
Career 91 90 200 450 5 22 2.3 4.9 2.2 4 69 17.3 1 38 0.0 0.8 519 6 41
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
2 yrs NOR 32 32 65 84 1 16 1.3 2.6 2.0 2 10 5.0 0 8 0.1 0.3 94 1 17

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
2001 22 SDG 1 0 2 1 0 0
2002 23 SDG QB 16 16 2 2 0 0
2003 24 SDG QB 11 11 5 0 -1 0
2004* 25 SDG QB 15 15 7 3 -9 0
2005 26 SDG QB 16 16 8 0 0 0
2006*+ 27 NOR QB 16 16 8 1 -3 0
2007 28 NOR QB 16 16 9 0 -15 0
Career 91 90 41 7 -28 0
5 yrs SDG 59 58 24 6 -10 0
2 yrs NOR 32 32 17 1 -18 0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
2002 23 SDG QB 16 16 1 6
2003 24 SDG QB 11 11 1 6
2004* 25 SDG QB 15 15 2 12
2005 26 SDG QB 16 16 1 6
2007 28 NOR QB 16 16 1 6
Career 91 90 5 1 36
5 yrs SDG 59 58 4 1 30
2 yrs NOR 32 32 1 6

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls

2004
2006

1st-team All-Pro

2006

Passes Completed

2002 NFL 320 (9-- 97)
2005 NFL 323 (4-- 90)
2006 NFL 356 (4-- 30)
2007 NFL 440 (1-- 1)
Active 1921 (13)
Career 1921 (59)

Pass Attempts

2005 NFL 500 (7)
2006 NFL 554 (5-- 63)
2007 NFL 652 (1-- 3)
Active 3015 (14)
Career 3015 (76)

Passing Yds

2005 NFL 3576 (9)
2006 NFL 4418 (1-- 20)
2007 NFL 4423 (2-- 19)
Active 21189 (15)
Career 21189 (80)

Passing TD

2004 NFL 27 (7-- 99)
2005 NFL 24 (4)
2006 NFL 26 (3)
2007 NFL 28 (6-- 75)
Active 134 (15)
Career 134 (81)

Passer Rating

2004 NFL 104.8 (3-- 14)
2005 NFL 89.2 (10)
2006 NFL 96.2 (3-- 74)
Active 87.9 (9)
Career 87.9 (11)

Long Pass

2004 NFL 79 (6)
2006 NFL 86 (5)

Passes Intercepted

2002 NFL 16 (5)
2003 NFL 15 (10)
2005 NFL 15 (6)
2007 NFL 18 (6)
Active 82 (17)
Career 82 (131)

Sacked

Active 126 (23)
Career 126 (108)

Sacked Yds Lost

2005 NFL 223 (4)
Active 938 (20)
Career 938 (104)

Passing Yds/Game

2006 NFL 276.1 (1-- 38)
2007 NFL 276.4 (2-- 37)
Active 232.8 (9)
Career 232.8 (12)

Yds/Pass Att

2004 NFL 7.9 (7)
2006 NFL 8.0 (3)
Active 7.0 (12)
Career 7.0 (75)

Yds/Pass Cmp

2006 NFL 12.4 (6)
Active 11.0 (27)
Career 11.0 (200)

Pass Attempts/Game

2003 NFL 32.4 (9)
2006 NFL 34.6 (6)
2007 NFL 40.8 (1-- 5)
Active 33.1 (5)
Career 33.1 (7)

Adj Yds/Pass Att

2004 NFL 7.79 (4-- 33)
2006 NFL 7.55 (4-- 52)
Active 6.25 (17)
Career 6.25 (25)

Net Yds/Pass Att

2004 NFL 7.24 (7-- 60)
2006 NFL 7.54 (3-- 31)
Active 6.45 (9)
Career 6.45 (17)

Adj Net Yds/Pass Att

2004 NFL 7.14 (4-- 22)
2006 NFL 7.13 (3-- 24)
Active 5.70 (10)
Career 5.70 (13)

Passes Completed/Game

2005 NFL 20.2 (8)
2006 NFL 22.3 (4-- 43)
2007 NFL 27.5 (1-- 1)
Active 21.1 (4)
Career 21.1 (4)

Pass Completion %

2004 NFL 65.5% (7-- 40)
2005 NFL 64.6% (6-- 56)
2006 NFL 64.3% (5-- 65)
2007 NFL 67.5% (3-- 19)
Active 63.7% (6)
Career 63.7% (7)

Pass Intercept. %

2004 NFL 1.8% (3-- 51)
2006 NFL 2.0% (6-- 75)
Active 2.7% (6)
Career 2.7% (14)

Passing TD %

2004 NFL 6.8% (3)
2005 NFL 4.8% (10)
2006 NFL 4.7% (9)
Active 4.4% (13)
Career 4.4% (79)

Sack %

2002 NFL 4.36% (8)
2004 NFL 4.31% (4)
2006 NFL 3.15% (3-- 54)
2007 NFL 2.40% (1-- 17)
Active 4.01% (2)
Career 4.01% (8)

Fumbles

2007 NFL 9 (10)
Active 41 (19)
Career 41 (160)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary
2006 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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
1576 203

College

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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