Tom Brady's college resume is going viral and it screams 'Please hire me'
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Before he was winning Super Bowls, Tom Brady was applying to Merrill Lynch and his resume proves even the GOAT once feared not making it to the NFL. There's something oddly comforting about seeing that even Tom Brady had a backup plan.
Long before he became the face of the NFL, the 7-ring dynasty builder, and the greatest quarterback to ever do it, he was just Thomas E. Brady, Jr.—a University of Michigan senior with a 3.3 GPA and a resume that screamed 'hire me for your finance internship.'
No bold NFL predictions. No dreams printed in gold. Just a kid trying to get a job preferably one that didn't involve sacking groceries.
Fans can't believe how normal this resume is and how little it says about football
So here's the deal: the resume is legit.
It lists internships at Merrill Lynch (yup, as a sales assistant), golf club jobs, and some assistant work at a summer music festival. There's even a bullet point about 'replacing inventory using a bar coding system,' which somehow feels more shocking than anything he ever did in a Super Bowl.
But what's wild? Football barely gets a mention. Buried in the 'Additional' section, you'll find the quietest flex of all time:
'Elected Team Captain of 1999 University of Michigan Football Team'
'Guided football team to 1998 Big Ten Championship'
'Participant in 1999 Citrus Bowl and 1998 Rose Bowl'
That's it.
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No stats. No mentions of comeback wins. Just a casual line or two, like being Michigan's starting quarterback was a part-time gig.
And honestly? That's what hits hardest. This wasn't some senior year joke or motivational prop. Brady genuinely thought he'd need to fall back on this. He wasn't even drafted until pick No. 199 in the 6th round and at the time, there was no reason to believe he'd ever play a snap, let alone change the entire quarterback conversation forever.
This was his safety net. Merrill Lynch over Monday Night Football. Cubicles over Canton.
NFL fans are loving the underdog energy and the painfully relatable job hunt vibes
Once the resume started making rounds on social media, the reactions poured in fast:
Tom Brady's old resume is a total reset button. It shows you that not even the greatest quarterback of all time was guaranteed a shot. He worked like the rest of us. Interned like the rest of us. And printed out a Word doc resume like the rest of us.
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