Zach Wilson was in elementary school when he learned that he shared a birthday with a famous professional athlete: Tom Brady.
Both NFL quarterbacks were born on Aug. 3, Brady in 1977 and Wilson in 1999. Wilson said he always thought that was "pretty cool," but he never could have imagined that some day he would be playing against Brady.
Yet on Sunday, Wilson, 22, will face off against the 44-year-old Brady at MetLife Stadium. The 22-year age gap is the longest between two starting quarterbacks since 1950.
"I was born in 1999 and his first year in the NFL was in [2000]," Wilson said during a Zoom call Thursday.