Tom Brady to retire from the NFL after legendary career: report

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Tom Brady, the seven-time Super Bowl champion who is one of two quarterbacks to lead two teams to championships, is reportedly retiring after 22 seasons in the NFL.

ESPN first reported Brady's decision to call it quits after his second season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which ended with an NFC divisional round loss to the Los Angeles Rams. 

The quarterback was immediately met with questions about his future and decided to walk away from the game he dominated for a long time.

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The superstar quarterback will walk away as the all-time leader in passing yards (84,520), touchdown passes (624), completions (7,263) and attempts (11,317) and second in fourth-quarter comebacks with (42) – one behind one of his biggest rivals in Peyton Manning.

Brady’s accolades are astounding.

Tom Brady #12 of the New England Patriots celebrates after the Patriots celebrates after the Patriots defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28  during Super Bowl 51 at NRG Stadium on February 5, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Not only does he have more Super Bowl rings than every other team in the NFL, he was also a Super Bowl MVP five times. He added 15 Pro Bowl appearances, three First Team All Pro selections, three MVP awards and was named to the Hall of Fame All-Decade Team for the 2000s and 2010s.

The New England Patriots selected Brady, a scrawny quarterback out of Michigan, with the No. 199 pick of the 2000 NFL Draft. He joined the team already with a quarterback who had led the Patriots to a Super Bowl in Drew Bledsoe. He was in the same quarterback room as Bledsoe, John Friesz, Michael Bishop and Lee