There's been hundreds maybe thousands of college QBs that had better college careers than Brady did at Michigan. But once you make it to your first offseason workout in the pros, what you did in college is irrelevant.
I just hope Pats fans don't fall into comparing Jones and Brady. It's pretty difficult to put "be as good as the best to ever play" expectations on any rookie QB.
I think Brady's college career has been greatly diminished beyond what it actually was in large part because he went in the 6th round. Michigan, especially then, was a power rushing team, that controlled the clock and just ran it down people's throats. No QB in that system was ever going to put up huge numbers. He won 10 games each of the 2 seasons he started and won both the bowl games including beating SEC Champion Alabama in the 99 Orange Bowl.
Brady is also a far better athlete then he is given credit for. I mean he was a California kid that got recruited to play football at a Midwestern football powerhouse, that actually won a national title when he was at the school. He was also an excellent baseball player and was drafted by the Expos in the 95 draft. This notion that Brady isn't athletic just isn't reality either yet it permeates all over the place. He isn't an athletic freak of nature (like Lebron), but anyone that is drafted to the highest league in 2 separate sports is athletic.
I am not sure where you got that I said he was unathletic. Never mentioned it. Oh, and to let you know about his athleticism, I had better numbers in some categories when I was a senior in high school, than he did at his combine, so it's not like he was some great athlete. He wasn't.
I mentioned his college career, a career where Brady was so good he shared the starting position his senior year with the immortal (yes meant as sarcasm)Drew Hansen and had only 30 TD, while throwing 17 interceptions for 4770 yds over 4 years.
Brady wasn't even the best QB in the Big 10 in his senior season, nevermind in the country. Most had Drew Brees, Bill Burke and Antwaan Randle El as having better seasons in only the Big 10. Regarding Michigan, he isn't even considered as being in the 5 best QBs to play there.
There have been over 25 QBs ever to have over 4770 yds in ONE college season and over 200 QBs to ever have over 30 TDs in ONE season. Career wise the number of QBs with better numbers explodes in those categories.
I am one of the biggest Brady fans ever, but my take that hundreds and maybe thousands of QBs have had better collegiate careers is not a controversial one. Heck, it's not even an opinion, it's a fact.