Drew Brees Announces Retirement from Football with Help from His Kids (Video)

Drew Brees has announced that he is retiring from the NFL and he had help from his four kids while revealing the news to the world.

The 42-year-old football player, who has been the quarterback for the New Orleans Saints since 2006, shared the news in an Instagram post on Sunday (March 14).

In the video, Drew‘s four kids – Baylen, Bowen, Callen, and Rylen – announced, “After 15 years with the Saints and 20 years in the NFL, our dad is finally gonna retire. So he can spend more time with us! Yeah!!”

“After 20 years as a player in the NFL and 15 years as a Saint, it is time I retire from the game of football. Each day, I poured my heart & soul into being your Quarterback,” Drew wrote in his post. “Til the very end, I exhausted myself to give everything I had to the Saints organization, my team, and the great city of New Orleans. We shared some amazing moments together, many of which are emblazoned in our hearts and minds and will forever be a part of us. You have molded me, strengthened me, inspired me, and given me a lifetime of memories. My goal for the last 15 years was striving to give to you everything you had given to me and more.”

He concluded, “I am only retiring from playing football, I am not retiring from New Orleans. This is not goodbye, rather a new beginning. Now my real life‘s work begins!”

Drew is the NFL’s all-time leader in career passing yards and he was a Super Bowl champion in 2010.