Tom Brady Is Coming Out of Retirement for a Third Time! Everything You Need to Know About His Return to the Field

Tom Brady is coming retired of status for a 3rd clip to play successful an inaugural emblem shot tournament.

On Monday, Sept. 15, it was announced that Brady, Fanatics, Fox Sports, and OBB Media person teamed up to put connected nan Fanatics Flag Football Classic — a world emblem shot arena scheduled to return spot astatine Kingdom Arena successful Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, arsenic portion of this year’s Riyadh Season.

According to a press release, nan event, scheduled for Saturday, March 21, 2026, will characteristic 3 teams of 8 players competing successful a round-robin tournament, pinch nan apical 2 teams advancing to a title match.

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Each crippled will travel Olympic-style emblem shot rules, played connected a 50-yard section pinch 2 10-yard extremity zones, a 5-on-5 format, and 2 20-minute halves.

Each squad will beryllium made up of existent and past shot stars, arsenic good arsenic world-class athletes, marking Brady's first charismatic return to nan section since his 2nd status successful 2023.

In summation to Brady, different confirmed players see Rob Gronkowski, Odell Beckham Jr., Tyreek Hill, Saquon Barkley, Christian McCaffrey, CeeDee Lamb, Sauce Gardner, Myles Garrett, Brock Bowers, and Maxx Crosby.

The tourney will beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected FOX Sports and streamed connected Tubi, pinch Kevin Hart hosting, and Pete Carroll, Sean Payton, and Kyle Shanahan serving arsenic coaches.

Further details, including further participants and typical programming, will beryllium announced successful nan coming months.

In a property statement, Brady said he "couldn’t beryllium much excited to return to nan field, get nan competitory juices flowing alongside immoderate of nan game’s brightest stars and iconic legends, and bring a genuinely unsocial world sports arena to fans everyplace during Riyadh Season."

The NFL fable added that he has ever "admired nan powerfulness of emblem shot and really it connects fans of each ages."

"It’s awesome to beryllium capable to showcase nan athletics connected specified a world shape while joining together truthful galore incredibly skilled athletes," he added. "I’m looking guardant to partnering pinch Turki Alalshikh, Fanatics, OBB Media, my squad astatine Shadow Lion and my friends astatine FOX Sports to showcase immoderate fierce competition. And I will beryllium bringing location nan trophy."

Brady began his NFL profession erstwhile nan New England Patriots selected him successful nan sixth information of nan 2000 NFL Draft.

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He led nan Patriots to a title against nan then-St. Louis Rams successful nan 2002 Super Bowl. Brady went connected to triumph 5 much championships pinch nan franchise earlier winning his seventh and last Super Bowl ringing pinch nan Buccaneers .