Is Tom Brady finally retiring from the NFL?
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(CNN) --
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady will retire after 22 seasons in the NFL, according to Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington of ESPN and The Boston Globe respectively, citing unnamed sources.
The 44-year-old would say goodbye after winning the Super Bowl seven times, being a three-time NFL MVP and a 15-time Pro Bowl selection.
Brady was selected 199th in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots and played 20 seasons with the team, winning six Super Bowl titles.
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Questions arise after reports of his retirement
Brady himself has not issued a statement, and according to multiple reports, those close to him insist they have not been told a decision.
A source familiar with the situation told CNN that on Saturday "Brady contacted Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht to inform him that he has yet to make a final decision on his future."
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Brady's father, Tom Brady Sr., told NFL Network's Mike Giardi that reports of Brady's retirement are "totally conjecture."
"Tommy hasn't made a final decision one way or the other, and anyone else who says he has is absolutely wrong," Giardi quoted Brady Sr. as saying.
ESPN first reported that Brady was retiring, citing unnamed sources.
The Boston Globe reported that an NFL source confirmed the news.
Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians also wasn't ready to say goodbye to the seven-time Super Bowl champion.
Jenna Laine of ESPN reported that when asked if Brady had told the team he was retiring, Arians told her, "He hasn't. He's not even close to making up his mind yet. He told us."
CNN has reached out to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Brady's representatives and the NFL, but has not received a response to questions about the situation.
Tom Brady's agent, Don Yee, issued a statement Saturday regarding news of Brady's retirement reports, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The statement, according to Schefter, says: “I understand the anticipated speculation about Tom's future.
Without going into the accuracy or inaccuracy of what is being reported, Tom will be the only person to express his plans with complete accuracy.
He knows the realities of the football business and the planning schedule better than anyone, so it should be soon."
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Tom Brady holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to victory in the Super Bowl in February 2021. Credit: Patrick Smith/Getty Images
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Brady played college football at the University of Michigan.
He started for the Wolverines in his junior and senior seasons, going 20-5.
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Brady grew up in San Mateo, California and played football, basketball and baseball before joining Michigan.
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Brady started his career by backing up Drew Bledsoe.
But when Bledsoe was injured in September 2001, Brady got a chance to shine.
He started and led the Patriots to the Super Bowl.
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Brady fumbles after being hit by Oakland's Charles Woodson during an NFL playoff game in January 2002. The Patriots got the ball back and won the game, but the controversial play was hotly debated.
The "fold rule" was finally repealed in 2013. Jim Davis/The Boston Globe/Getty Images
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Brady and the Patriots returned to the Super Bowl in 2004, winning another title over the Carolina Panthers.
They repeated the next season with a Super Bowl victory over Philadelphia.
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Brady and Patriots coach Bill Belichick celebrate after a playoff victory in January 2007. The two were together throughout Brady's Patriots career.
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Brady surrounded by the media in 2007. The Patriots went undefeated in the regular season but lost to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.
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New York Giants defensive end Justin Tuck strips the ball from Brady during the Super Bowl in February 2008. Chris O'Meara/AP
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Brady leaves the field in 2012 after another Super Bowl loss to the Giants.
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Brady kisses his mother, Galynn, after the Patriots defeated Seattle for their fourth Super Bowl title in February 2015. David J. Phillip / AP
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Brady is taunted by a rival fan as he walks onto the field in August 2015. Brady was ultimately suspended four games over the "Deflategate" controversy, which involved allegations that the Patriots purposely deflated balls to gain an offensive advantage in a Championship game. of the AFC.
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Brady steps back during a game against Dallas in October 2015. Christian Petersen/Getty Images
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Brady arrives in federal court to appeal his suspension for "Deflategate."
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Brady holds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy after leading the Patriots to their fifth Super Bowl victory in 2017. The Patriots trailed 28-3 before pulling off the biggest Super Bowl comeback in history and winning in overtime.
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Brady and his wife, model Gisele Bundchen, attend the Met Gala in New York in 2018. Ray Tamarra/GC Images/Getty Images
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Brady celebrates after an overtime victory in January 2019 that put the Patriots in the Super Bowl.
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Brady celebrates with his daughter, Vivian, after winning his sixth Super Bowl in 2019. Jamie Squire/Getty Images
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Brady's last game with the Patriots was a playoff loss to Tennessee in January 2020. Greg M. Cooper/USA Today Sports
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Brady throws a pass during a game against Carolina in September 2020. Brady finished the regular season with 40 touchdown passes and 12 interceptions as the Buccaneers went 11-5.
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Brady celebrates at the end of the Buccaneers' victory over Kansas City in Super Bowl LV.
He was named the Most Valuable Player of the game.
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Brady tosses the Vince Lombardi Trophy to his teammates as they celebrate his title during a boat parade in Tampa, Florida, in February 2021. Kyle Zedaker / Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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President Joe Biden laughs at a joke made by Brady, who visited the White House with his Tampa Bay teammates in July 2021. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Brady runs off the field after the Buccaneers defeated his old team, the New England Patriots, in October 2021. It was Brady's first game in New England since he left the franchise in 2020. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
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Brady throws a pass during a playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams in January 2022. The Rams eliminated the Buccaneers 30-27.
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Brady walks off the field after the playoff loss to the Rams.
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Following the 2020 season, Brady signed as a free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he played two seasons and won a Super Bowl title in his first year with the team.
In his career, Brady would go on to go No. 1 in NFL history in completions (7,263), touchdown passes (624), passing yards (84,520), and Super Bowl MVP (5).
Last Sunday, when defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay lost to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Divisional Round, Brady said he would make a decision about his future in professional football "day by day."
The NFL tweeted its thanks on Saturday, referring to Brady as GOAT , with the hashtag
#ThankYouTom
and an illustration of the quarterback wearing his Super Bowl rings. Bowl.
Another NFL tweet read: "No one did better."
Nobody did it better.
#ThankYouTom pic.twitter.com/TMjtMpjWBB
— NFL (@NFL) January 29, 2022
Brady is considered by many NFL observers to be the greatest quarterback of all time, having led the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles and the Buccaneers to one.
No quarterback has thrown for more touchdowns, more yards or won more playoff games than Brady.
He has also played and won more regular season games in his career than any other quarterback.
Brady, 44, is a father of three and has been married to supermodel Gisele Bündchen since 2009. They have two children, a 12-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter.
Brady has a 14-year-old son from a previous relationship with actress Bridget Moynahan.
Brady told SiriusXM "Let's Go!"
Podcast Monday that Bündchen and her children would be at the center of any choice she made.
"The biggest difference now that I'm older is that now I have kids too, and I care about them a lot as well," Brady told Jim Gray.
"They have been my biggest supporters. My wife is my biggest support, it hurts her to see them hit me."
"She deserves what she needs from me as a husband and my children deserve what they need from me as a father."
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Brady's, an unparalleled career
Selected by the Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, Brady was not meant to be the starting quarterback;
the Patriots already had three-time Pro Bowl selection Drew Bledsoe.
The Boston Herald reported that Patriots coach Bill Belichick said they chose Brady because he was the highest-rated player still available in the sixth round.
"He's a good, tough quarterback who played at a high level of competition," Patriots coach Bill Belichick said.
"We'll put him in there with everyone else and let him race and see what happens."
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After Brady had a strong training camp and preseason, the Patriots made the rare move of keeping him at fourth-row quarterback.
He moved up the depth chart and in the second game of Brady's second season, Bledsoe suffered a serious injury when he was knocked to the ground in a game.
When Brady took over, the Patriots were coming off a losing season and had struggled in two losses to open the 2001 season.
But the young quarterback led them to 11 wins in their last 14 regular-season games and to Super Bowl XXXVI.
There, the Patriots beat the St. Louis Rams with a last-second field goal after Brady completed five passes on the game-winning drive.
It was the first of five times he would be selected as the game's Most Valuable Player.
The Patriots added Vince Lombardi Trophies in 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017 and 2019.
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His best season might have been in 2007 when the Patriots went undefeated in the regular season as Brady threw for 50 touchdowns, a record at the time, and completed a league-high 68.9% of his passes.
But the New York Giants defeated the Patriots in one of the most exciting Super Bowls in history.
Brady's last season was also full of eye-catching numbers: 5,316 passing yards and 43 touchdowns.
While Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers is the heavy favorite to win the MVP award, Brady is the likely runner-up.
Whoever wins will be MVP for the fourth time in his career.
CNN's Ray Sanchez, Jack Bantock and Chloe Melas contributed to this report.
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