• Brock Purdy’s NFL career started when the San Francisco 49ers selected him with the last pick in this year’s NFL Draft – making him the annual “Mr. Irrelevant.”
• So expectations were low when he was called on to lead the 49ers against Tom Brady’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• It turned out to be a storybook Sunday, with Purdy throwing for two touchdowns, running for another in a 35-7 victory over the Bucs.
• “It was surreal just standing there like, man, that’s Tom Brady talking to guys and dapping guys up. For him to have respect for what I did, it was pretty cool. I’m not going to lie,” Purdy said. “Being a little kid, watching that guy kill it throughout all these years in Super Bowls, to be able to give him a high five at the end was pretty cool.”

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