TAMPA, Fla. -- When Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady turned 45 on Wednesday, he joined a very exclusive club: athletes competing at the highest levels of their respective sports at age 45.
Brady has long said he'd like to play until age 45, which made his 40-day retirement at age 44 this offseason feel like -- as he put it in his comeback announcement -- there was some "unfinished business" to take care of. His sights are now set on chasing an eighth Super Bowl ring.
When the season begins, he will also become the oldest starting quarterback in NFL history, and that's coming off the heels of a season when he led the NFL in passing yards (5,316 yards), completions (485) and touchdowns (43).