Coming Back Stronger than ever

In the memoir written by Saints starting Quarterback, Drew Brees, goes through his life from the time his parents got a divorce, until he was hoisting the Vince Lombardi Trophy in 2010. While in High School, Drew had always wanted to play baseball in college, and more importantly in the College World Series. Coming from a athletic, and competitive family only could help Drew as he progressed as one of the top quarterback in the NFL. His mother was all state in track, volleyball and basketball while in high school. Drew describes him tearing his ACL as the most important event that has happened in his life. This really made him reconsider playing football at all, or just to focus on baseball. He decided to come back stronger than ever, and continue to play football. Drew ended up being the starting quarterback for the varsity his junior and senior seasons. Although he had been a starter at his high school for 2 seasons, Drew was not heavily recruited out of high school. The three colleges in Drew’s vision were Brown, Kentucky, and Purdue. He ended up choosing Purdue, because he loved Joe Tiller, the coach at the time, and knew that their school of business was one of the best in the nation. Turns out that Purdue was the best choice he ever made. While at Purdue, he meet the love of his life, now his wife, and leading Purdue to its first Rose Bowl, although they lost to the Washington Huskies.