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“I don’t like him. He’s a smart guy, that’s all,” said an analyst about Tom Brady more than 20 years ago.

Two weeks ago, Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and is considered by many to be the greatest football player of all time—the GOAT, or Greatest of All Time.

American sports culture has its own magic, and Brady has his own unique story. Even as a young child, he had an extraordinary drive to win and was talented, yet he was selected only 199th overall in the 2000 draft. How is it possible that every coach and trainer overlooked this superstar—especially in the U.S., where everything is measured during the annual testing week for college football players? Read on…

• Speed: Brady ran the second-slowest time of 5.28 seconds among quarterbacks at the 2000 NFL Combine. Only Chris Redman of Louisville (5.37 seconds) was slower.

• Wonderlic test: an intelligence test to determine, among other things, whether you have the cognitive ability to make quick decisions. Brady scored 33 out of 50, which is above average, but many players score higher.

• Strength: As this photo from 2000 shows, he's not your typical American football player.

The Scouting Report

Ultimately, many negative reports about Brady surfaced, including comments about his physical condition and mediocre results during the Combine. Furthermore, the tests also showed that he does not have the strongest throwing arm and scored below average in this area as well.

However, in a short CBS segment about Brady on YouTube, it becomes clear that he is full of confidence and won't be intimidated. His belief in his own abilities is unique, and his former teammates are ultimately surprised by the draft, which turns out to be so detrimental to Brady.

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The person who ultimately “nailed” the scouting report on Brady is Brady himself: “I think my greatest strength as a player is that, toward the end of the game, I have the will to win and I can make my team feel like we’re not going to lose.”

Many millions are lost in the draft due to poor choices based on rigid testing. What these tests don’t reveal is his sense of timing, his leadership qualities, and his drive to get better every day—as well as his willingness, in his 21st year as a pro and amid a subpar atmosphere (due to COVID-19), to show up for practice every day as if it were his first year. And despite requests from coaches to train less… he still chooses not to miss a single opportunity to get better every day.

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