Drew Brees Finally Puts Hands on His NFL Hall of Fame Gold Jacket

“Oh, wow. You see the buttons on this, babe” he said. “It has my name! It’s shinier than I imagined.”

Brees will become just the fifth player who played a majority of his career in New Orleans to make the Hall, along with Rickey Jackson, Willie Roaf, Morten Andersen and Sam Mills. Former General Manager Jim Finks also was enshrined in 1995, one year after he died.

When he left football following the 2020 season, he held many record across the NFL, including most passing yards with 80,358, which was more than 8,000 more than New Orleans-born Peyton Manning. Since then, Tom Brady has passed him.

Brees also will enter the Hall of Fame second in passing touchdowns (571), passes completed (7,142) and highest passer rating among non-active players (98.7). He also is the best all-time among inactive players in completion percentage (.677).