Before there was Peyton Manning, there was Drew Henson.
But unlike Manning, Tom Brady’s biggest rival in college was a member of his own team. Henson came to the University of Michigan in 1998, Brady’s fourth year in Ann Arbor, as a one of highest-rated recruits in the country. And his arrival sparked an outright duel for the position of starting quarterback.
“All the coaches thought they might have found the next John Elway,” Brady writes in his new book, The TB12 Method. “A lot of people were really eager to see what he could do on the field.