Faith-Filled QB Drew Brees Eligible for NFL Hall of Fame

Published: September 26, 2025

By Mallory Mattingly

Former NFL quarterback Drew Brees could score a spot in the NFL Hall of Fame.

Per ESPN, Brees ranks second “all-time to Tom Brady with 80,358 yards passing and 571 touchdown passes. He spent the first five seasons of his career with the San Diego Chargers before signing as a free agent with the New Orleans Saints in 2006, where his career took off as he helped revive a city still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.”

According to Sports Illustrated, Brees is up against 128 players. By mid-October, that field will be whittled down to just 50. From there, “there will be 25 semifinalists named. There will be 15 finalists after that, and either three, four, or five modern-era players will be elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class of 2026. So, Wednesday’s full announcement is the first step in a long process this season.”

Despite being considered for one of the highest honors in the NFL, aside from a Super Bowl win, Brees doesn’t live for those accolades. Instead, he strives to glorify Christ.

The faith-filled quarterback previously shared how he came to know the Lord.

“The second to last game of the season, third round of the playoffs, I was the starting quarterback and I suffered a torn ACL in my knee,” Brees shared. “It was devastating for me. Junior high school, too. This was when you’re supposed to get recruited and just all of these things. I had to wait to have surgery for a month because they had to let the MCL heal before they repaired the ACL, and then I was still on crutches.”

“I’d hit that point I had seen friends have that injury and never come back quite the same, so what I thought was just going to be my life, sports, I felt like was being stripped away from me,” he continued. “I remember sitting in church on my 17th birthday and sitting in that same pew where my brother and I used to just goof around and never pay attention, and for some reason that day it was different.”

“I was locked in on the pastor as he was sitting there talking about how the Lord was looking for a few good men to carry on His kingdom to spread His word and to live the life that He had planned for them,” the quarterback recalled. “That spoke to me, and and it was at that moment that I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart and knew that there was something that was bigger planned for me than just sports.”

Brees obviously healed from his injury, getting drafted into the NFL in 2001. But he had to learn to rely on faith.

“I think we as people we want to see and touch and feel in order for it to be real for us, and yet 2 Corinthians 5:7 will tell you you’ll be led by faith and not by sight. So much of life is that it’s faith in God, knowing that he’s got a plan, and at times you don’t understand it, and you’re not going to see it and yet you just have to trust and you have to have faith,” Brees explained.

Brees’ induction into the Hall of Fame is up in the air, but regardless of the outcome, he’s confident in his faith in Jesus Christ.

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