New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady is coming off yet another highly impressive campaign that saw him lead his team to their third Super Bowl appearance in the last four years while earning his third career NFL MVP award.
According to ESPN, this massive amount of success has landed Brady on the shortlist of nominees for this year's ESPYS best male athlete award.
The 40-year-old has shown to be a deserving candidate for the award as he has continued to defy the odds in his 18th season seeing him still playing at an elite level. Brady had also surpassed Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton, who won the honor at the age of 38 with the Minnesota Vikings.
He had helped guide New England to the best record in the league largely behind his production posting an NFL-best 4,577 passing yards while being third with 32 passing touchdowns, a 102.8 passer rating, and fifth with a 66.3 completion percentage. This includes surpassing 300 passing yards six times while posting multiple touchdown passes 10 times along with holding a passer rating above 100 eight on eight occasions. He was also the leading factor of the AFC’s highest-scoring offense at 28.6 points per game and led the NFL in total offense with 394.2 yards per contest.
What may separate Brady from the other three players on this list is that he has been able to perform at an elite level at a point of his career where a decline has been the norm. Instead, he has shown no dropoff in his play in any manner while leading his team to a tremendous level of success.
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