Tom Brady looks unrecognizable in photos of him playing baseball as a teenager before the team told him to stick with football.
Photos of the Super Bowl star show he looks very different than his fans are used to seeing him.
Brady, who added a seventh Super Bowl to his résumé last year against the Kanas City Chiefs, was a baseball catcher extraordinaire in 1995.
His former high school baseball coach “thought baseball was his best sport.” ABC Action News reports.
Pete Jensen, a former Serra High School baseball coach, said, “Tommy hit a home run, he actually hit two that day, but one of them hit the roof of the bus and woke the driver up, kind of startled him.”
Montreal Expos scout John Hughes, who thought Brady was a solid prospect, said: “First off, he was a good size, 6-4.
“He had a body that we called projectable, where he had room to grow stronger and add weight. He was left-handed, which suited the catching position well.
“He had some tools. He could really throw and he had power. For a looker, he had those things and he stood out.”
Brady also recently opened up about his baseball experience, telling Dax Shepards, “Armchair Expert” podcast: “Baseball was kind of what I did.”
Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos at the age of 17 in the 18th round of the MLB draft Pat’s Pulpit from SB Nation.
“He appeared in 61 college baseball games and posted a solid stat line, hitting a .331 with 8 homers, 11 doubles and 44 runs,” explains Pats Pulpit.
“He was also named an All-League catcher as a high school senior.”
It was only after Brady finished his college football career at the University of Michigan that the New England Patriots selected him for the 2000 NFL Draft.
