Tom Brady Is Reportedly Retiring From the NFL

Tom Brady, considered by many to be the greatest football player of all time, is calling it a career and retiring. He announced the news on his Instagram page this morning.

“I have always believed the sport of football is an ‘all-in’ proposition – if a 100% commitment isn’t there, you won’t succeed, and success is what I love so much about our game,” he wrote in a caption on one of the post’s slides. “There is a physical, mental, and emotional challenge EVERY single day that has allowed me to maximize my highest potential. And I have tried my very best these past 22 years. There are no shortcuts to success on the field or in life.”

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Brady is done with football after 22 seasons in the NFL, the final two with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played his first 20 seasons for the New England Patriots, winning six Super Bowl titles under coach Bill Belichick. (Men’s Health caught up with the quarterback ahead of his final season with the Patriots in 2019 for an extensive cover interview.)

Over the weekend, the quarterback was rumored to be mulling an end to his playing days after his Tampa Bay Buccaneers were eliminated from the NFL playoffs. ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter was the first to break the news on Twitter before other outlets reported on his claims.

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After the story was widely disseminated across the internet, with nearly every sports-adjacent outlet citing Schefter’s news and sharing tributes to the NFL’s GOAT, Brady’s team has reportedly denied the claim. The player’s agent, Don Yee, told NFL Network‘s Tom Pelissero in a statement that “Tom will be the only person to express his plans with complete accuracy.”

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Now, Brady has made it official.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback led the NFL in nearly every major passing category in the 2021 season at age 44, in his 22nd year in the league. Brady and the Buccaneers were prevented from defending their Super Bowl title this year when they were eliminated by the Los Angeles Rams on a dramatic last-minute field goal after Brady had led a comeback effort late in the game, just as he had so many times before in his career.

Over the weekend when the news first broke, former teammates like Julian Edelman and Mike Evans, competitors like Patrick Mahomes, and others associated with the all-time great QB also paid their respects on social media. Notably, Edelman later posted a followup response after Brady’s camp denied the reports: “Can’t a guy thank another guy for the memories without everyone thinking he’s retiring!?”

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Now that Brady has made the news official, responses are pouring in across the football world. “Congratulations and enjoy the next chapter brother. Greatest of All Time. 🐐” Arizona Cardinals’ JJ Watt wrote on Brady’s post.

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