Drew Brees is beloved in West Lafayette and has opened up his checkbook before, as he and his wife, Brittany, made a $2 million donation in 2007 for the Student-Athlete Academic Center. Well, our favorite quarterback was not done. Today he wrote another $1 million check to help get the Purdue Football Master Plan off the ground:
"We care so much about Purdue University," Drew Brees said. "Purdue has meant so much to me, and it has provided so many things. From the education I received and playing for coach Joe Tiller, to winning a Big Ten championship and going to the Rose Bowl, to the relationships I was able to form with many of my teammates and meeting my beautiful wife .