“I had to Go to a Psychologist For 2 Months”: Tom Brady Sr. Narrates The Angst Filled Tale Of Separating From His College Bound Son, Who Now Travels The Country For Work

Published 08/16/2022, 12:30 PM EDT

Tom Brady was never a highly talked about quarterback coming out of high school or college. He went to the University of Michigan which was quite far away from his home. Brady wasn’t among the most talked about college quarterbacks, due to which he was drafted very late. However, he still got the opportunity to play in the NFL and made everyone around him proud.

Tom Brady’s father once revealed that he had to visit a psychologist in order to deal with the fact that Brady decided to play for Michigan. Tom Brady Sr. wanted his son to play for another college, but the 7x Super Bowl champion had other ideas.

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Talking about it, Tom Brady Sr. said, “When he ultimately decided to go to Michigan, frankly Andrea it broke my heart, it killed me, I wanted him to go to Cal Berkeley, 35 miles away… I went to a psychologist for two months to get over the fact that I had separation from my son who’s one of my best friends in the whole world.”

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The college that Tom Brady ultimately decided to play for was more than 2000 miles away from his home. Due to it, his father wasn’t pleased with him going so far away from them. On the other hand, California-Berkeley University wasn’t that far away from their place. If TB12 had gone to Cali, things might have resulted in a different way than they actually did.

Tom Brady has made his father proud

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No player has come close to achieving the things that Tom Brady has been able to achieve in his NFL career. He has won more Super Bowls aone than any other NFL franchise.

Brady also became the second quarterback to win Super Bowls with two different teams. He is still playing at an elite level and has the opportunity to win the 8th Super Bowl of his career.

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He has certainly made his father proud, who believed in him from the start. Not only on the field, but Brady is also a class act off the field as well. This is why he is admired by many around the world.

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Abhimanyu Chaudhary is an NFL author at EssentiallySports. He has been a life-long fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and Liverpool FC. But when it comes to the NFL, you can always see him rooting for his favorite superstar Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Gurjyot Singh Dadial

“I had to Go to a Psychologist For 2 Months”: Tom Brady Sr. Narrates The Angst Filled Tale Of Separating From His College Bound Son, Who Now Travels The Country For Work

Tom Brady has made his father proud

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