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Drew Christopher Brees (;〔 ("Drew also told Juan () that the correct pronunciation of his last name is "breece", not "breeze". He says the mispronunciation caught on in high school, and rather than fight it he just went with it.")〕) (born January 15, 1979) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). After a prolific college football career at Purdue University, he was chosen by the San Diego Chargers with the first pick in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He left college as one of the most-decorated players in Purdue and Big Ten Conference history, establishing two NCAA records, 13 Big Ten Conference records and 19 Purdue University records. He remains the Big Ten record-holder in virtually every passing category, including completions (1,026), yards (11,792) and touchdowns (90).〔 Brees started his career with the San Diego Chargers, earning the starting job in 2002 and making the Pro Bowl in 2004. Nine months after suffering a bad dislocation in his shoulder joint and a 360 degree tear of his labrum and rotator cuff, Brees signed with the New Orleans Saints as a free agent, where he met immediate success, earning eight trips to the Pro Bowl and leading the Saints to their first Super Bowl. Since joining the Saints in 2006, he has led all NFL quarterbacks in touchdowns, passing yards and 300-yard games. He was the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, the Offensive Player of the Year in 2008 and 2011, and the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV. ''Sports Illustrated'' named Brees its 2010 Sportsman of the Year. ==Early life and high school== Brees was born to Eugene Wilson "Chip" Brees II, a prominent trial lawyer, and Mina Ruth (née Akins; died 2009), an attorney. A ''Sports Illustrated'' article stated he was named for Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson but in a 2014 interview Brees said this story was "just legend".〔("Drew Brees says reports about the Saints replacing him have 'absolutely no validity'" ), ''Times-Picayune'', December 2, 2014 (audio interview).〕 He has a younger brother, Reid (born 1981). When Brees was seven, his parents divorced and shared custody of the boys, who split their time between both parents' homes. Today, Brees admits that it was a very tough and challenging life after the divorce; however, Brees and his younger brother, Reid, supported each other and became very close. They have a younger half-sister, Audrey, from their father's remarriage to Amy Hightower, daughter of the late U.S. Representative (D-TX) Jack English Hightower. Both of Brees' parents had athletic backgrounds. His father played basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team, and his mother was a former all-state in three sports in high school. His maternal uncle, Marty Akins, was an All-American starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorns college football team from 1975 to 1977.〔〔 and his maternal grandfather, Ray Akins, had the third-most victories as a Texas high school football coach in his three decades at Gregory-Portland High School.〔 His younger brother, Reid, was an outfielder for the Baylor Bears baseball team which made the 2005 College World Series and now resides in Colorado, where he works in sales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/brees_reid00.html )〕 Brees did not play "tackle football" until high school and was on the flag football team at St. Andrew's Episcopal School, where his teammates included actor Benjamin McKenzie, who was in the same year. In high school he was a varsity letterman in baseball, basketball and football and was considering playing college baseball rather than football. College recruiters quickly ran after Brees blew out his knee in the 11th grade.〔 After overcoming an ACL tear during his junior year he was selected as Texas High School 5A Most Valuable Offensive Player in 1996 and led the Westlake High School football team to 16–0 record and state championship.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=BRE229498 )〕 As a high school football player, Brees completed 314 of 490 passes (64.1 percent) for 5,461 yards with 50 touchdowns including, in his senior season, 211 of 333 passes (63.4 percent) for 3,528 yards with 31 touchdowns.〔 Westlake went 28–0–1 when Brees started for two seasons and beat a Dominic Rhodes-led Abilene Cooper 55–15 in the 1996 title game.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/roster/Drew-Brees/09634fe8-9ab7-4f47-a5ea-c0fb5ad343a9 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/brees_drew00.html )〕 Brees was given honorable mention in the state high school all-star football team and the ''USA Today'' All-USA high school football team. alongside former San Diego Chargers teammate and long-time friend LaDainian Tomlinson〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://thsca.pointstreaksites.com/files/uploaded_documents/386/AS-FB_6.pdf )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nfl.com/videos/a-football-life/0ap2000000237948/A-Football-Life-The-LT-and-Brees-connection )〕 Brees had hoped to follow his father and uncle's footsteps and play for the Texas Longhorns or Texas A&M Aggies but was not heavily recruited despite his stellar record.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Drew Brees」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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