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Tom Brady just sealed his title of GOAT — here's what the 6 quarterbacks who were picked before him in the 2000 draft are up to now

Tom Brady is 39 years old and just completed one of his best seasons ever with a win over the Atlanta Falcons in Super Bowl 51 on Sunday.

Now check out how incredible the recent run of championship games and series has been.

Brady now has five Super Bowl wins, the most ever for a quarterback, and shows no signs of slowing down.

In other words, Brady just claimed the title of GOAT, the greatest of all time.

Brady's amazing career began in April 2000, when the Patriots famously rolled the dice and drafted the Michigan quarterback in the sixth round with the 199th pick overall. New England made the move despite Brady being thoroughly unimpressive at the NFL combine.

Six other teams drafted quarterbacks before the Patriots chose Brady. Here's a look at what happened to those other quarterbacks.

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The Jets used the 18th pick on Marshall University quarterback Chad Pennington.

Pennington played 11 seasons in the NFL with the Jets and Dolphins, earning $51 million in his career. He now runs the 1st and 10 Foundation with his wife and coaches middle school football in Lexington, Kentucky.

Source: The Lexington Herald-Leader, 1st and 10 Foundation

The 49ers drafted Hofstra's Giovanni Carmazzi in the third round with the 65th pick overall.

Carmazzi never played in an NFL game, spending two years on the 49ers' practice squad and later playing in the World League of American Football and in the Canadian Football League. He recently described himself to ESPN as a "yoga-practicing farmer" in California who has five goats and doesn't own a TV.

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Source: Niners Nation

The Ravens selected Chris Redman out of Louisville in the third round with the 75th pick overall.

Redman made $14.3 million in eight seasons with the Ravens and Falcons, starting just 12 games. He is now one of the hosts for a hunting show, "Lights Out Outdoors," on the Pursuit Channel.

Tennessee's Tee Martin was taken in the fifth round by the Steelers with the 163rd pick overall.

Martin played in just three NFL games in four seasons before spending two seasons in the CFL. He is now the offensive coordinator for the USC Trojans after being hired as the wide receivers coach in 2012.

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Marc Bulger of West Virginia was taken by the Saints with the 168th pick overall in the sixth round.

Bulger didn't make the Saints roster his rookie year but eventually caught on with the Rams; he spent eight seasons as their starting quarterback and later spent one season with the Ravens as a backup. He made $55.4 million in his career. He now owns a farm in Missouri, where he and his wife grow soybeans and corn, and runs the Marc Bulger Foundation. He is also an adviser for Major League Football, a league that has yet to begin operations.

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Major League Football

The Browns drafted Spergon Wynn out of Minnesota in the sixth round with the 183rd pick overall.

Wynn spent three seasons in the NFL with the Browns and Vikings, starting just three games. He also spent several years in the CFL. He is now an energy broker for an energy services company in Houston.

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Brady was taken by the Patriots in the sixth round with the 199th pick overall.

The six quarterbacks drafted before Brady combined to start 191 games and throw 258 touchdowns. Brady has won 208 games in his career, including five Super Bowls, and thrown 456 touchdowns — and counting.

Now check out where Brady ranks among the highest-paid players in NFL history.

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