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12 things to know about Tom Brady and the 2000 NFL draft

The best player out of the 2000 NFL draft came out of the sixth round. With pick 199, the New England Patriots chose quarterback Tom Brady out of the University of Michigan. Twenty-five years later, he is known as The GOAT, the greatest of all time. What other picks were noteworth for good and bad reasons?

Penn State dominated top of the draft

Cleveland Browns' rookie defensive end Courtney Brown (L) and teammate Keith McKenzie (R) sit on the bench during the fourth quarter of the Brown's 27-7 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars 03 SeptembeR 2000 at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, OH. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/David MAXWELL (Photo by DAVID MAXWELL / AFP) (Photo by DAVID MAXWELL/AFP via Getty Images)
Cleveland Browns' rookie defensive end Courtney Brown (L) and teammate Keith McKenzie (R) sit on the bench during the fourth quarter of the Brown's 27-7 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars 03 SeptembeR 2000 at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, OH.