Former Bucs tight end shares heartwarming locker-room story about Tom Brady

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Former NFL tight end Kyle Rudolph didn’t finish his career with a Super Bowl as he had hoped when he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last year. But he did walk away with a great experience having played with future Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady.

Rudolph, who played the majority of his 12-year career with the Minnesota Vikings, told NBC's Peter King in his "Football Morning in America" column this week that Brady was a "great teammate" and revealed an example of what it was like to share a locker room with him.

Kyle Rudolph #8 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers talks with Tom Brady prior to the game against the Los Angeles Rams at Raymond James Stadium on November 6, 2022, in Tampa, Florida. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

"My experience with Tom was incredible. First, the way he treated people, the way he treated the Glazer family, is exactly the way he treated the janitor at 6:30 at night when he and maybe one or two other guys were the last players in the building," Rudolph said.

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"Second, the way he treated his teammates. Tom had an empty locker next to him. I would look over there, and every day guys would put helmets, jerseys, pictures, footballs, all the stuff they wanted Tom to sign for them. There’d be notes on the stuff, a Post-it note on a football – ‘Sign this for Jimmy, it’s his birthday.’ At the end of the day, almost every day, he’d sit there and sign everything."

The two-time Pro Bowler went on to say that despite the struggles Brady was experiencing off the field, which included his divorce from Gisele Bündchen, he always remained