Overview

• The unveiling ceremony took place on August 8 in the Gillette Stadium plaza before the preseason game against the Washington Commanders and featured speeches by Tom Brady and owner Robert Kraft.
• The statue itself measures 12 feet tall and rises on a 17-foot granite base, marking the franchise’s first full-scale outdoor monument to a player.
• Its hexagonal base pays tribute to the six Vince Lombardi trophies won during Brady’s two decades in New England while the figure’s height honors his retired number 12.
• Tom Brady dedicated the sculpture to the collective success of the Patriots, emphasizing that it represents team greatness rather than individual accomplishment.
• Local sculptor Jeff Buccacio invested more than 20,000 hours in crafting the statue, focusing on precise proportions and textures to capture defining moments of Brady’s career.