TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady will have minor surgery on his knee off-season, a source has confirmed to ESPN.
The upcoming surgery was first reported by the Tampa Bay Times.
A source close to the situation told ESPN that this was not a recent injury and that Brady, who led the Bucs to a Super Bowl LV victory last Sunday, had actually been planning the proceedings for months.
Brady was not listed with an injury in the Bucs’ injury report all season. He was listed as “non-injury related” on the report when he was given a handful of days off from coach Bruce Arians, something the Bucs did with Rob Gronkowski, Ndamukong Suh and other veteran players.
43-year-old Brady was named Super Bowl MVP for the fifth time in his career on Sunday after a pass for 201 yards and three touchdowns in Tampa Bay’s 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.
With the win, Brady has more Super Bowl titles (7) than any franchise in NFL history, above six won by the Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots. Brady also became the only player to have five Super Bowl MVPs; Joe Montana is second all time with three.