Hometown: Austin, Texas heightft=6 heightin=0 weight=209 debutyear=2001 debutteam=San Diego Chargers college=Purdue (Purdue Boilermakers football) draftyear=2001 draftround=2 draftpick=32 pastteams= * San Diego Chargers (NFL Year2001-NFL Year2005) * New Orleans Saints (NFL Year2006-present) status=Active highlights= * 2� Heisman Trophy Finalist (3rd - 2000), (4th - 1999) * Big Ten Football MVP (Chicago Tribune Silver Football) (2000) * Maxwell Award (2000) * NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award (2004) * 4� Pro Bowl selection (2004 (2005 Pro Bowl), 2006 (2007 Pro Bowl), 2008 (2009 Pro Bowl), 2009 (2010 Pro Bowl)) * 3� All-Pro selection (2006 (2006 All-Pro Team), 2008 (2008 All-Pro Team), 2009 (2009 All-Pro Team)) * Co-Walter Payton Man of the Year Award (2006) * Franchise Records (#San Diego Chargers franchise records) * 3� NFC Offensive Player of the Year Awards (Kansas City Committee of 101 awards#Offensive Player of the Year Awards) (2006, 2008, 2009) * NFL Offensive Player of the Year (National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award) (2008) * Bert Bell Award (2009) * Super Bowl Champion (XLIV (Super Bowl XLIV)) * Super Bowl MVP (XLIV (Super Bowl XLIV))

statseason=2009 statweek=17 statlabel1=TD (Touchdown)-INT (Interception (football)) statvalue1=202-110 statlabel2=Passing yards statvalue2=30,646 statlabel3=QB Rating (Passer rating) statvalue3=91.9 nfl=BRE229498

Andrew Christopher "Drew" Brees (IPA-en?bri?spron; born January 15, 1979) is the starting quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted (NFL Draft) by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue (Purdue Boilermakers football).

Brees has been selected to the Pro Bowl four times in his career - with the Chargers in 2004 (2005 Pro Bowl) and the Saints in 2006 (2007 Pro Bowl), 2008 (2009 Pro Bowl), and 2009 (2010 Pro Bowl). He was named the NFLs Comeback Player of the Year (NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award) in 2004, the Offensive Player of the Year (National Football League Offensive Player of the Year Award) in 2008, and the MVP (Super Bowl MVP) of Super Bowl XLIV. He was also selected by voters to appear on the cover of Electronic Arts Madden NFL 11.