Tom Brady: Five memorable moments in superstar quarterback's NFL career

Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, who confirmed his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday: Brady's Patriots led the St.Louis Rams 17-3 going into the fourth quarter of the championship game of the 2001 season. The potent Rams offense responded with two quick scores that tied the game with 1:30 left to play. With no timeouts left, the Patriots opted not to run out the clock and go to overtime.

Brady, a second-year player who was thrust into the starting role because of an early-season injury to Drew Bledsoe, piloted a Patriots drive from their own 17 yard line, completing five of six passing attempts for 53 yards to put kicker Adam Vinatieri in range to make the game-winning field goal as time expired. Brady and the Patriots, trailing the Atlanta Falcons 28-3 in the third quarter of the 2016 season championship game, pulled off the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history in rallying from 25 points down to win with a touchdown in overtime. Brady completed 43 of 62 passes for 466 passing yards -- all Super Bowl records.

He surpassed Joe Montana for the most Super Bowls won by a quarterback with his fifth. Brady was named Super Bowl MVP for a record fourth time and was the then-oldest player, at 39, to receive the honor. The 43-year-old Brady became the oldest man to play in a Super Bowl when he led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the 2020 season crown in his first season with the team after two decades in New England.