Tom Brady has it all now, and he had it all back in high school, too.
Emily Kaplan of MMQB.com caught up with high school and college coaches of many of the NFL stars preparing to suit up for Super Bowl XLIX and asked them to share something about these guys from their younger days.
Tom McKenzie, the New England Patriots quarterback’s coach at Junipero Serra High in California didn’t disappoint. McKenzie described Brady back in the day as many would describe him now — perfect, charming, the golden boy of football, etc., — but that reputation led to some of his pals going to great lengths to poke a hole in that image.
We’ll let McKenzie take it from here:
“Everything you’d imagine Tom Brady to be like in high school, he was. An All-American boy, very well-behaved, a hard worker, great sense of humor, easygoing — the guy every mother would want her son to be.
“He had lots of friends, too, and fit in with his teammates, but of course there was a bit of jealousy when he started getting attention. All the sportswriters wanted talk to him; he was the star. Well, one time we were at mass, and Tom was missing. Nobody knew where he was, so we went looking. I investigated in the locker room, and somehow one of his teammates had managed to lock Tom in one of the lockers. Luckily I had the master key to get him out. I think they just wanted Tom to get in trouble, for once.”
From Tim Wright becoming a “proficient” barber to Nate Solder’s love of kayaking to Brandon LaFell being “kind of a nerd” in high school, Kaplan shares plenty of gems in her piece.
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