Tom Brady knows my name, Raiders DE Chandler Jones recounts the awestruck moment of meeting th
Fans often fanboy over their favorite athletes and heroes. Many never have the chance to meet their heroes but what if you and your childhood hero share the same locker room and play for the same team? It is a rare opportunity for most people to experience that, but Raiders’ defensive end Chandler Jones did, and perhaps in the most fortunate of ways. Jones though had been around since he was quite young though with his older brother being Jon Jones the UFC superstar. Many can envy being in his position after hearing the story of the first time he met Tom Brady.
The last 2 decades have been the Tom Brady show in the NFL. His unprecedented 7 Super Bowl rings are proof of his dominance. Many of the players who have joined the NFL in the past decade have grown up watching Tom Brady and the New England Patriots run the competition. An example of such an athlete is Chandler Jones, who was selected by the New England Patriots in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft. As a Patriot rookie, he was one day destined to meet his hero Tom Brady and one day he did.
“That’s Tom Brady, he knows my name.” when Chandler Jones met Tom Brady.
Chandler Jones, now a Las Vegas Raider, recounted the moment he met Tom Brady-“It was my rookie year and it was around OTAs. It was OTA time and I was getting my ankles taped with my trainer Tom Brady walks in and this is my first time ever seeing him. I know I am on his team and obviously, he’s Tom Brady but I hadn’t seen him yet and as I am getting my ankles taped he comes up to me shakes my hand, and said ‘Hey Chandler, it’s a pleasure to have you on the team.”
That’s as good as it gets and Jones couldn’t believe it.
He continued-“I said Thank you. And I tried to keep my cool. You know he’s Tom Brady and as soon as he walked out the room I told my trainer That’s Tom Brady. Called my mom and dad right away ‘Tom Brady knows my name! yeah, I had to let them know like Tom Brady knows who I am”.
That was not all for Jones who later went on to lift a Super Bowl with his idol at Super Bowl XLIX.
The moment was quite something and Jones was rightly star-struck which proves that even first-round draft picks get star-struck after meeting their Idols even when the person is their own teammate. Really what moment when you realize that your hero knows that you exist and knows who you are? As Tom Brady continues his illustrious career perhaps in its final lap perhaps not but still there are millions of kids growing up who idolize TB12 and very few may ever have the chance to meet the man himself and we can only hope that they have an experience as awesome as Jones.
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