Tom Brady’s 40-yard sprint: Buccaneers QB ran a legendarily sluggish time at 2000 NFL Mix

Tom Brady was blessed with many issues. Velocity was not one among them.

The Buccaneers quarterback returns to the place all of it started on Sunday, when the Buccaneers face off in opposition to Invoice Belichick and the Patriots in Foxborough. However earlier than the Brady period started in New England, it truly started in Indianapolis at the 2000 NFL Mix, the place this image was born and burned into the again of our eyeballs for eternity:

Whereas the Buccaneer passer has cemented himself because the GOAT, he actually is not essentially the most athletically gifted quarterback of all time. That a lot is obvious.

Nonetheless, the shortage of mobility hasn’t hindered him — thought it has made for some actually good content material. Here is what you could learn about Tommy Tortoise’s legendary slowness:

Tom Brady 40-yard sprint time

Brady has by no means been recognized for being a speedy quarterback, and that was verified by the 2000 NFL Mix 40-yard sprint time, with a 5.28 posting within the dash.

The Michigan Wolverine posted the second-slowest time for a quarterback on the mix, behind Chris Redman out of Louisville. In whole, Brady’s time was the thirty first slowest amongst mix attendees, behind a bevy of offensive linemen.

Listed here are the totals amongst combine-participating quarterbacks within the 2000 NFL Mix:

Brady’s time can be historic, in that he is one of many slowest quarterbacks to clock a 40-yard sprint time in recorded mix historical past.

Of all of the QBs between 2000 and 2021 who’ve or haven’t performed within the NFL, Brady’s is the second slowest time behind former teammate Ryan Mallett (5.37), Toby Korrodi (5.37), Redman (5.37), tied with Jared Lorenzen (5.28).

Tom Brady dashing stats

A prototypical pocket passer, the alternatives for Brady to indicate off his legs have been few and much between.

In his profession, Brady has amassed 1,063 dashing yards throughout 640 regular-season carries, good for 1.7 yards per try and 26 touchdowns. Famously recognized for being the grasp of the QB sneak, Brady has notched a primary down on the bottom 221 instances in his profession.

Brady’s longest profession rush got here in opposition to the Bengals in 2006, a 22-yard first-down scramble. 

Within the playoffs, Brady hasn’t had as a lot success — nevertheless you outline it — on the bottom. In 45 profession postseason video games, the quarterback has 133 yards on the bottom, seven touchdowns and 35 first downs. 

Tom Brady NFL Mix outcomes

Apart from Brady’s blazing velocity, he participated — and confirmed out fairly effectively — at each NFL Mix occasion in 2000 however one (bench press). 

In actual fact, Brady had a reasonably good displaying in a few of the occasions. Listed here are the outcomes:

Brady’s 7.20 second 3-cone drill time is definitely a greater mark than Jordan Love (7.21), Daunte Culpepper (7.21), Matt Ryan (7.40) and Aaron Rodgers (7.38).  

Velocity kills, in spite of everything.