One-hundred ninety-eight picks came and went before the Patriots drafted Michigan QB Tom Brady in the 2000 NFL Draft. Few, if any, figured that the late-sixth rounder would eventually lay claim to four Super Bowl titles and earn transcendent status as arguably the greatest quarterback ever. Brady is a 10-time Pro Bowler fresh off his fourth Lombardi Trophy, still chugging mightily along at 37 years old.
But what of the six quarterbacks taken before him in the 2000 draft? We look at what’s become of signal-callers — “The Brady Six” — who heard their names called before the most overlooked prospect in NFL history, 15 years later.