5 QBs taken before Tom Brady: Where are they now? (2022)
Tom Brady will retire from the NFL as the most storied quarterback to have ever played the game to this point.
His career with the New England Patriots was the stuff of dreams. He was even able to bring a championship to the long-suffering Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise.
However, the story doesn’t begin with seven Super Bowl championships, five Super Bowl MVP awards, and three NFL MVP awards. No, the story of Tom Brady started back in 2000.
This story, to be precise, started with pick 199 of the 2000 NFL Draft when the New England Patriots selected Tom Brady out of Michigan.
Brady was part of what was considered a historically weak quarterback class, yet he was only the seventh player picked at the position.
While history has long since forgotten almost everyone involved in the 2000 NFL Draft other than Brady, five quarterbacks were chosen before him.
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We can account for Brady, but where are those other quarterbacks now?
#6 – Spergon Wynn (Round 6: Pick 183)
Wynn was the final QB drafted before Brady in 2000.
The Cleveland Browns took a gamble on him in the sixth round, but it didn’t pay off in the same manner that it did for the Patriots.
Wynn retired within six years after spells in Europe and Canada. He only threw one touchdown pass in the NFL.
Life after football has seen Wynn become an energy broker in Houston, Texas, where he currently resides. His work sees him act as a consultant for those who want to purchase natural gas and other energy products, which is quite the departure from the NFL and Tom Brady.
#5 - Marc Bulger (Round 5: Pick 168)
Marc Bulger turned into a serviceable QB in the NFL, but he was waived before the start of the 2000 season.
The New Orleans Saints didn’t consider their sixth-round pick worthy of signing, although he would sign a contract with the St. Louis Rams shortly afterward.
Along with Pennington, Bulger had the best NFL career behind the former Patriots QB, spending six seasons as the team’s starter.
In 2006, he had an outstanding year, throwing 24 touchdown passes and 4,301 yards.
His NFL retirement in 2011 didn’t end Bulger’s athletic career. The former QB would go on to take up curling. Bulger got so good at the sport that he attempted to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympics.