Overview
- Drew Brees was formally enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 8, as part of the Class of 2026.
- At the Gold Jacket Dinner before the ceremony Joe Montana helped Brees into his jacket and Sean Payton served as Brees’s official presenter at the enshrinement.
- Payton traveled from Denver to Canton to present Brees, missing the Broncos’ scheduled scrimmage and leaving defensive coordinator Vance Joseph to run that practice.
- Brees said he will not attempt a playing comeback, citing long-term degeneration in his right shoulder and right wrist after a 20-year career that included Super Bowl XLIV MVP honors.
- The Class of 2026 joins Brees with Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Adam Vinatieri and Roger Craig, and the weekend’s widely attended rituals underscored his on-field records and civic impact in New Orleans and at Purdue.