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The greatest quarterback of all time will be the first player in Patriots history honored with a statue.
The New England Patriots have announced a date for the unveiling of the statue honoring long-time starting quarterback Tom Brady.
The monument, which will stand at 12 feet tall — a nod to Brady’s old jersey number — will be presented to the public on August 8. It will be erected at Patriot Place Plaza, just outside the team’s Hall of Fame and Pro Shop.
After the ceremony, the Patriots will face the Washington Commanders in their 2025 preseason opener. Kickoff for that game is set at 7:30 p.m. ET, which provides a rough time estimate for the statue being unveiled.
Plans for the statue were first announced during Brady’s induction into the Patriots Hall of Fame last June. During his speech at the event, team owner Robert Kraft told a sell-out crowd inside Gillette Stadium that the franchise would honor Brady by retiring his No. 12 jersey and making him the team’s first player to receive his own statue.
A sixth-round draft pick by the Patriots in 2000, Brady took over as the team’s starting quarterback the next year and never looked back. Over his 19 seasons as New England’s QB1, he was instrumental in helping the team win six Super Bowls and establishing the first dynasty of the NFL’s salary cap era.
The undisputed greatest quarterback of all time and most decorated player the league has ever seen, Brady holds every meaningful passing record in team history. Retiring after a brief three-year stint in Tampa Bay, the 47-year-old will be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2028; he is a lock to be enshrined on first ballot.
