46-year-old Tom Brady smashes NFL Combine mark 24 years later

Legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady has done it all on the field, but he’s finally righted a wrong that’s bugged him since 2000.

Tom Brady has done it! Photo: Twitter and Getty

Tom Brady might not be an active NFL player anymore, but he did something at age 46 that he couldn’t do in his 20s.

The former Patriots and Buccaneers quarterback set out to beat his 2000 NFL Scouting Combine 40-yard dash time — and seemingly did it.

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In a workout video for NoBull posted on his X account, Brady discussed how he ran a 5.28-second dash before he was selected by in the sixth round by the Patriots, and he would give it his best to beat that mark.

“This is not the true measure of a man, let me just that straight,” Brady said as he drove to his workout.

“I will give you 100 per cent chance of effort,” he later added before the run.

Before embarking on the sprint, the former signal-caller chatted on the phone with billionaire St. John’s alumnus Mike Repole, who purchased a controlling stake in No Bull last summer.

“Do you actually even want to do this?” Repole asked. “I mean, I understand, you haven’t been an athlete in over a year.”

“I need to do this,” Brady responded with a smile.

And Brady did break the mark, sprinting at a 5.18 on one stopwatch and a 5.12 on another.

“24 years later, redemption is spelled T O M,” he wrote on X.

24 years later, redemption is spelled T O M 😂 @nobullpic.twitter.com/6BoruftAd9

— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) February 29, 2024

Brady back in 2002. Photo: AFP

Brady in 2023. Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

For the record, a time of 5.12 would have seen Brady rise from equal-281st in the 40-yard dash rankings to equal-255th.

When showing Repole the time, he said: “If you did that 25 years ago, you’d get drafted in the third round.”

Brady’s accomplishment came on the same day that Penn State defensive lineman Chop Robinson ran a 4.48-second 40-yard dash, the best mark for an edge rusher who ran on the first day of the combine.

In a subsequent post, Brady set a lofty goal for himself for his next time out.

“Sub 5.00 next year. Level up,” he wrote on X.

A time of 4.99 would have seen him rise to equal-223rd.

Brady, obviously was not fleet of foot during his NFL career, managed to rush for 1,123 yards over 23 seasons, which came out to 3.4 yards per game.

The lack of speed really didn’t affect Brady much during his career, though, as he won seven Super Bowls and was a three-time MVP.

This story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission.

Originally published as 46-year-old Tom Brady smashes NFL Combine mark 24 years later