Tom Brady proved you don't need pace to be the GOAT with painfully slow 40-yard dash

Tom Brady has retired, and he’ll be remembered a legend. Rightly so. And over the next few days you can expect endless streams of incredible touchdown passes and major highlights from his career.

However, it’s also worth remembering the funny moments. Specifically, Brady’s famously bad 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine in 2000.

For anyone who doesn’t know, the NFL scouting combine is a four-day, invite only event that gives 300 of the hottest prospects from college football that year the chance to showcase their abilities to NFL scouts and coaches.

Or in Brady’s case, to do exactly the opposite…

He ran a 5.28 second 40-yard dash, which proved to be the second-slowest of any QB at the event!

The young Tom Brady was no Usain Bolt, that’s for sure, it looked more like he was running through treacle!

The scouts must have agreed because the New England Patriots picked Brady up in the sixth round of the NFL draft that year, specifically in 199th place overall, proving how incredible his rise to stardom was.

Tom Brady winning all these rings after the worst 40-yard dash in NFL combine history is the greatest comeback story ever