Brady confirmed he would be returning after a short retirement on Twitter.
“The last two months I have realized that my place is still on the field and not in the stands,” Brady tweeted. “That time will come. But not now. I love my teammates and I love my supportive family. They are doing their best. I am returning for my 23rd season in Tampa.
The announcement came a day after Brady was seen visiting members of the Glazer family at a Manchester United game.
In February, Brady announced his retirement from the NFL. Brady had just finished his 22nd season in the league and finished second with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
“We are very pleased that Tom has decided to return this season. We said we would leave every option open for him if he changed his mind about retiring, and today’s announcement is what we’ve been preparing for in recent days,” said Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht. in a statement. “Tom is the greatest quarterback of all time who is still playing at the elite level. Now that this decision has been made, we will continue to move forward with our off-season plans to renew this roster for another championship run,” Licht added.
Head coach Bruce Arians said that Brady “loves playing football as much as anyone I’ve ever been around.”
“He still plays at championship level and was as productive as anyone else in the league last season. We are thrilled that he has decided to keep playing and work hard to win another championship,” Arians said in a statement.
In his 22-year career, Brady has won seven Super Bowl titles — six with the New England Patriots and one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — and is the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards (84,520), completions (7,263), regular season wins (243) ), playoff wins (35), and Super Bowl MVP (five). He also played and won more regular season games in his career than any other quarterback.
Selected by the Patriots 199th overall in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft, Brady played 20 seasons at Foxborough before leaving New England as a free agent after the 2020 season and signed with the Bucks, where he led the team to win the Super Bowl. its first season there.