What Are Tom Brady's Retirement Options?

What’s Next?

While Brady didn’t say what might come next, the athlete has a range of investments, including charity fund-raising platform Omaze Inc., card-trading service Alt and online learning tool Class Technologies Inc.

Over the past twelve months, one major deal hasn’t fared so well. Brady owns more than 1.1 million common shares of collapsed crypto firm FTX Trading, bankruptcy court documents show.

Early last year, Brady, through the company that holds his brands, filed 26 applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The applications range from food delivery, bottled water, protein bars, restaurants and retail boutiques to skincare, candles, eyewear, jewelry, furniture and gym equipment.

It’s been a tumultuous period off the field for Brady. He and model Gisele Bundchen finalized their divorce in October, ending a 13-year marriage between two of the highest earners in the worlds of sports and fashion.

Brady, by just about every measure, leaves the NFL as one of its most-decorated players of all-time. The 15-time Pro Bowl selection has more career passing yards (89,214), completed passes (7,753) and regular season passing touchdowns (649) than any quarterback in league history, according to the database Pro Football Reference.

But more than the raw statistics, Brady’s legacy is about winning.

He’s had more comebacks and game-winning drives than any other quarterback. He played in 10 Super Bowls, winning seven and earning most-valuable player honors in five of them. He started in the most playoff games of anyone, regardless of position, by a wide margin.

– With assistance from Caitlin Fichtel, Gerry Smith and Kamaron Leach.

(Photo of Tom Brady: Bloomberg)