Personal
Married (Kristi) with son, Kellen … Lives in Jacksonville … One of the most highly sought-after prep players at Cedar Cliff High in Camp Hill, Pa. … Parade magazine and USA Today All- America and Gatorade Player of the Year in Pennsylvania as a senior … Awarded the Bobby Dodd Award as the nation's top offensive lineman by the Touchdown Club of Atlanta … Also lettered in basketball and baseball … Hosted Kyle Brady 3-Star Football Camp at the Police Athletic League in 2002 … Participated with teammate Donovin Darius in the Jaguars Foundation’s Straight Talk program: "Teens & Sex: The Real Truth 2002," a teen-oriented one-hour live community forum addressing the consequences of teen sex … Active with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ministry … NFL Extra Effort Award recipient in December 2000 for his community involvement … Frequently attends youth fellowship programs at area high schools … Jaguars 2002 NFL Man of the Year … Donated $6,300 following 2002 season to the Kids Kare program at Wolfson Children's Hospital to help fund the purchase of a new ambulance … Actively supports the charitable efforts of his teammates and team … Full name: Kyle James Brady.
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Career Transactions
Brady was drafted by the New York Jets in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft out of Penn State ... Signed by the Jaguars as an unrestricted free agent (transition player) on Feb. 16, 1999, beginning an eight-year run with Jacksonville ... Signed by the Patriots as a free agent on March 3, 2007.
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Career Overview
Brady, 35, is a veteran of 12 NFL seasons with the New York Jets (1995-98) and Jacksonville Jaguars (1999-2006). The 6-foot-6-inch, 280-pound tight end has played in 183 career games with 169 starts and has caught 334 passes for 3,449 yards (10.3 avg.) and 23 touchdowns. He has played in all 16 games in six of the last seven seasons and has played in all but nine games in his 12-year career. Last season with Jacksonville, Brady started 14 of 16 games at tight end. In eight seasons with the Jaguars, Brady caught 241 passes for 2,500 yards. His career receiving yardage total ranks third on Jacksonville's all-time list, and his reception total ranks fourth in Jaguars history.
Brady was drafted by the New York Jets in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft out of Penn State. As a rookie, Brady started 11 of 15 games for New York and caught 26 passes for 252 yards and a pair of touchdowns. He started every game in his final three seasons with the Jets (1996-98) and caught a career-high five touchdowns in 1998. He was signed by the Jaguars as an unrestricted free agent (transition player) on Feb. 16, 1999, beginning an eight-year run with Jacksonville. In 1999 - his first season with the Jaguars - Brady finished third on the team with 32 receptions for 346 yards and a touchdown. He set career highs in 2000 with 64 catches for 729 yards - both marks setting Jaguars franchise records for a tight end. Brady started every game in 2001 and finished third on the team with 36 receptions for 386 yards and a pair of touchdowns. In 2002, Brady recorded 43 receptions for 461 yards and four touchdowns - the second highest totals of his career in each of those categories. He played in all 16 games for the fourth straight season in 2003 while finishing fifth on the team with 29 catches for 281 yards a touchdown. After starting eight of 11 games in 2004, Brady caught 18 passes in 2005 while playing in every game with 14 starts. Last season, he started 14 of 16 games and caught five passes for 37 yards.
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2006 Season
(Jacksonville): Started 14 of 16 games at tight end.
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2005 Season
(Jacksonville): Ranked sixth on the team with 18 receptions for 157 yards and one touchdown … Played in all 16 games for the eighth time in his career and for the fifth time in the last six seasons … Started 14 games and now has 155 career starts and 96 starts with the Jaguars … Scored only touchdown of the season at Tennessee on Nov. 20 while recording three receptions for 43 yards … Made his 150th career start at Arizona on Nov. 27 … Caught a season-high five passes for 43 yards against Indianapolis on Dec. 11.
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2004 Season
(Jacksonville): Tied for seventh on the team with 14 receptions for 103 yards and one touchdown ... Missed first five games after a finger injury in preseason which required surgery ... Started eight of the 11 games played including his 150th career game in the season finale at Oakland on Jan. 2.
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2003 Season
(Jacksonville): Ranked fifth on the team with 29 receptions for 281 yards and one TD ... Played in all 16 games for the fourth straight season (seventh time in career), missing only one start ... Ranks fifth among NFL tight ends with 204 receptions with Jaguars from 1999 to 2003 ... Played in 125th NFL game Sept. 14 vs. Buffalo.
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2002 Season
(Jacksonville): Started all 16 games for fifth time in career and second time as a Jaguar ... Ranked fourth on team with 43 receptions for 461 yards (10.7-yard average, 42t long) and four touchdowns, all three totals being second most of his eight-year career ... One of six players on offense to start every game.
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2001 Season
(Jacksonville): Started all 16 games for first time as a Jaguar ... Finished third on team with 36 receptions for 386 yards (10.7 average, 20t long) and two touchdowns ... One of seven players on offense to start every game for Jags.
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2000 Season
(Jacksonville): Had most-productive season of career, with 64 receptions for 729 yards, doubling his previous career highs in both categories ... Also had one two-point conversion for second straight year ... Reception total ranked sixth among NFL tight ends, behind Kansas City's Tony Gonzalez (93), San Diego's Freddie Jones (71), Tennessee's Frank Wycheck (70), Philadelphia's Frank Lewis (69) and Baltimore's Shannon Sharpe (67) ... Yardage total ranked fifth behind only Gonzalez (1,203), Sharpe (810), Jones (766) and Lewis (735) ... Also broke Jaguars' record for catches and yards by a tight end set by Pete Mitchell in 1996 (52 for 575 yards) ... Was 18th among AFC receivers, highest ranking ever for a Jaguars tight end ... Averaged 11.4 yards per catch and scored three touchdowns ... Named to USA Today's All-Joe team, which recognizes players who are overlooked or ignored, the hard-working "guys named Joe."
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1999 Season
(Jacksonville): Third on Jaguars with 32 receptions for 346 yards (10.8-yard average) and one touchdown ... Also scored on a two-point conversion ... Started 12 of 13 games played, missing three with a knee injury.
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1998 Season
(New York Jets): Finished his fourth and final season with Jets with 30 receptions for 315 yards (10.5 average) and five touchdowns, all career highs with the team ... Started all 16 games for third straight year ... Had the first multiple-TD game of his career Oct. 19 at New England, catching two scoring passes from Vinny Testaverde.
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1997 Season
Started all 16 games for the second straight year, catching 22 passes for 238 yards (10.8 average) and two TDs.
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1996 Season
(New York Jets): Started all 16 games for the first time, one of only eight Jets to do so ... Caught 15 passes for 144 yards (9.6 average) and one TD ... Scored his lone TD of the season on an 11-yard catch in the season finale vs. Miami.
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1995 Season
(New York Jets): Played in 15 games, making 11 starts, and tied for fifth on Jets in receptions and was fifth in receiving yardage with 26 catches for 252 yards and two TDs ... Made his first NFL start in the season opener at Miami and caught three passes for 39 yards .
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College
A two-time All-Big Ten selection and consensus All-America choice as a senior in 1994… Helped lead his team to an undefeated season, a Big Ten championship and school's first-ever Rose Bowl victory as a senior … Ranked seventh on school's all-time reception list and third in receiving yards by a tight end with 76 catches for 940 yards and nine touchdowns … Graduated in 1995 with a degree in exercise and sports science. |
