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Drew Christopher Brees ( born January 15, 1979) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). Since joining the Saints in 2006, Brees has led the NFL in passing yards, touchdowns and completions. Along the way, he became the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV, set NFL single season records for passing yards in a season (5,476 in 2011), completion percentage in a season (71.2 percent in 2011) and set the mark for consecutive games with a touchdown pass (54).^[2] He played college football for Purdue University, and was chosen by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He left college as one of the most-decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten history, establishing 2 NCAA records, 13 Big Ten Conference records and 19 Purdue University records. He remains the Big Ten Conference record-holder in virtually every passing category, including completions (1,026), yards (11,792) and touchdowns (90).

Brees has been selected to the Pro Bowl seven times in his career – with the Chargers in 2004 and the Saints in 2006, 2008,2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. He was the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, the National Football League AP Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 & 2011, and the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV during the 2009 season. During his Super Bowl victory Brees completed 32 of 39 passes for 288 yards and two touchdowns. His 32 completions tied a Super Bowl record set byTom Brady in Super Bowl XXXVIII. Brees has also been the 2× NFC MVP (2008, 2009), 3× NFC Offensive Player of the Year (2006, 2008, 2009) and 4× FedEx Air Player of the Year (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011). Brees is also the only quarterback in NFL history to reach 400+ yards passing in consecutive playoff games, which he has done in three straight post-season games (2010 vs. Seattle; 2011 vs. Detroit; 2011 vs. San Francisco). Sports Illustrated named Brees as its 2010 Sportsman of the Year.

Brees holds the NFL single-season record for most passing yards in a season, with 5,476 yards which he accomplished during the 2011 season when he broke Dan Marino's mark (5,084 yards) set 27 years earlier. That year Brees led the 2011 New Orleans Saints to break the record for most offensive yards gained in a season from scrimmage with 7,474. In addition to breaking Marino's passing yards record, Brees also set three other NFL records that year: highest completion percentage in a season (71.2%), most 300+ yard passing games in a season (13), and most completions in a season (468). Brees has the highest career post-season completion percentage in NFL history – 66.8%. Brees holds the record for most consecutive games with at least 1 touchdown pass (54), surpassing Johnny Unitas's record of 47 straight games with a touchdown pass, a record which stood for 52 years. Brees is the fastest player in NFL history to reach 40,000 yards passing. He is also the all-time NFL leader in career passing yards per game, and he is the only player in NFL history with multiple 5,000 yard passing seasons. Brees also became the highest paid NFL athlete, at the time, when the Saints signed him to a 5 year, $100 million contract in 2012. Brees is the Saints all-time leader in career wins, pass attempts, pass completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns. Since joining the New Orleans Saints, Brees has led all NFL quarterbacks in: total passing yards four times (three of those over 5,000 yards), three times in completion percentage, once in passer rating, and four times in touchdown passes. Brees is the only player in NFL history to surpass 40+ touchdowns & 5,000+ yards in consecutive seasons. Brees is currently the owner of the 3rd best career accuracy (pass completion) rate in NFL history. Brees is also the owner of the 6th most career passing yards all-time, and the 4th most career touchdown passes all-time in NFL history.