The top four quarterbacks selected in the 2023 NFL draft recently had a unique opportunity to speak with Tom Brady, the consensus greatest quarterback in pro football history. Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud, Anthony Richardson, and Will Levis attended a seminar that included Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin, rap superstar Travis Scott, and Brady himself.
Incredible lunch with @TomBrady and @trvisXX talking to our @Fanatics athletes @_bryce_young @CJ7STROUD @will_levis and @GVOaant about building their careers on and off the field! Thank you Tommy and Trav – what an amazing discussion!! Can't wait to watch my guys kill it in… pic.twitter.com/SNqvBayw3r
— Michael Rubin (@michaelrubin) May 18, 2023
Brady spoke specifically to the quarterbacks about taking things beyond wherever you were selected in a draft. Brady would know, as he was taken 199th overall in the sixth round of the 2000 draft, and things went pretty well for him after that.
Video of @TomBrady speaking with Bryce Young, CJ Stroud, Anthony Richardson, and Will Levis at yesterday’s @Fanatics lunch with @michaelrubin and @trvisXX …
Awesome message from Brady to the four rookie QBs. @gmfb pic.twitter.com/rVQCLU1dMc
— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) May 19, 2023
“Going in the second round? In the end, that’s not really a big deal,” Brady told the young quarterbacks. “Going first overall? In the end, it’s not a big deal. It’s great — you’ve got opportunities, you’re probably going to be paid more than anyone for a time period… but I was drafted 199, and I just outlasted everybody. There’s another me back there, right? So, how do I keep my edge on everybody? I had to keep working. I didn’t go, ‘Hey — I’m good. I won three Super Bowls — I’m good.”
Brady finished his career with seven Super Bowl wins, so one imagined that Young, Stroud, Richardson, and Levis were hanging on every word.